History

Which Century Has Seen The Most Wars?

During the 20th century a war was being fought somewhere on planet every year and there were at least 165 major conflicts. About 40 million soldiers died, nearly 75 percent of them in the two World Wars. Millions of civilians also lost their lives in the conflicts.

10 major 20th-century wars

1. World War 1
(1914-1918)

2. Russian Civil War

(1918-1921)

3. Chinese Civil War

(1927-1949)

4. Spanish Civil War

(1936-1939)

5. World War 2

(1939-1945)

6. Arab-Israeli 

(1948-1973)

7. Korean War

(1950-1953)

8. Vietnam War 

(1964-1973)

9. Iran-Iraq War

(1980-1988)

10. Gulf War

(1991)

9 Famous Leaders

Alexander the Great

Macedonian empire-builder who never lost a battle

Hannibal

Led his men across the Alps and beat the Romans

Julius Caesar

Conquered France and made himself master of Rome

Saladin

Organized Muslim resistance to the crusaders

Genghis Khan

Mongol warlord who ruled an empire from the Black Sea to the Pacific

Napoleon

Took on all the armies of Europe and beat them until he faced...

Duke of Wellington

British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

Robert E Lee

Successful Confederate general in the American Civil War

Erwin Rommel

Led the World War ll German army in North Africa, but fell out with Hitler

20th Century 

1902:
The teddy bear becomes
a popular toy. it is named
after US president Theodore
(Teddy) Roosevelt.

1903:

The Wright brothers achieve

the first powered flight at

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

1912:

Titanic hits an iceberg

and sinks on its maiden 

voyage

1914:

World War 1 begins 

(ends 1918)

1920:
Women win the right
to vote in the US

1928:
Alexander Fleming
discovers penicillin





1933:
Adolf Hitler becomes
Chancellor of Germany
and passes the first
anti-Jewish laws.


1939:
Hitler invades Poland,
start of World War 2
(ends 1945)

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1941:
Japanese bomb the
US naval base at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
The US enters WW2




1945:
US drops atomic bombs
on the Japanese cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki




1948:
State of Israel founded

1955:
African American woman
Rosa Parks refuses to give
up her seat on bus to a white
person, triggering the start of
the civil rights movement in the
USA




1963:
US president John F Kennedy
is assassinated

1964:
The Beatles take the
United States by storm

1984:
Micheal Jackson's Thriller
becomes the best-selling album ever





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