wars in the 1900s By JakeWaller Apr 18, 1905 1905 Russian Revolution Apr 22, 1914 1914: The Battle of the Marne Apr 22, 1916 1916: The Battle of Verdun Apr 18, 1918 1914 1918 World War I Apr 22, 1919 1919: The Treaty of Versailles Apr 18, 1921 1910 1921 Mexican Revolution Apr 18, 1921 1919 1921 Irish War of Independence Apr 18, 1923 1917 1923 Russian Civil War Apr 18, 1923 1919 1923 Turkish War of Independence Apr 22, 1929 1929: The Great Depression begins Apr 22, 1931 1931: Japan invades Manchuria Apr 22, 1933 1933: The Nazis take power in Germany Apr 18, 1939 1936 1939 Spanish Civil War Apr 22, 1939 1939: Germany invades Poland Apr 22, 1941 1941: Pearl Harbor is attacked Apr 22, 1943 1943: The Battle of Stalingrad Apr 18, 1945 1939 1945 World War II Apr 18, 1949 1927 1949 Chinese Civil War Apr 22, 1961 1961: The Yalta System Breaks Down Apr 22, 1975 1975: Towards peaceful Coexistence Apr 22, 1989 1989: The End of the Soviet System