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1 day ago · The First World War from 1914-1918 stands as one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. The shocking scale and brutality of the casualties shattered illusions of romantic warfare and laid bare the horror of industrialized slaughter. From the muddy trenches of the Western Front to obscure theaters across the globe, millions of soldiers and ...
3 days ago · It is commonplace to hear the opinion that the century was one of unparalleled barbarism. This is true in a sense; the barbarism of the century was on a far greater scale because everything was on a far greater scale. But such a view misses the obvious fact that every past century can show terrifying examples of human capacity for evil.
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3 days ago · Iran–Iraq War (death toll: 1 million) The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq lasting from 1980 to 1988, making it the 20th century’s longest conventional war. The war began when Iraq invaded Iran via air and land on 22 September 1980 and it ended with a stalemate on 20 August 1988.
2 days ago · 16. The Global Financial Crisis (2007-2008) Unabated greed, reckless financial practices, and regulatory failures merged in 2007 to cause the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of ...
2 days ago · Interwar period. Silesia tension between the Poles and Germans. In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII).
5 days ago · Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) was a German philosopher whose groundbreaking work in ontology and metaphysics determined the course of 20th-century philosophy on the European continent and exerted an enormous influence on virtually every other humanistic discipline, including literary criticism, hermeneutics, psychology, and theology.
2 days ago · Its Ali-Liston match was one of the more significant sporting events of the 20th century. Ali, who would soon be the most famous human on earth for his international matches and political activism ...
