• In the 20th centuries life in Paris was hard. It started after the First World War ended in November 1918, to jubilation and profound relief in Paris. Unemployment...
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    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)...
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  • Peter D. ed. Poland Between the Wars, 1918-1939 (1998) essays by scholars Watt, Richard M. Bitter Glory: Poland and Its Fate, 1918-1939 (1998), comprehensive...
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    Restaurant Larue, and the Stork Club. 1920s Berlin Années folles Golden Twenties Jazz Age Paris between the Wars (19181939) Roaring Twenties Jet set...
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    Declaration of war Neville Chamberlain announces war with Germany, 3 September 1939. Problems playing this file? See media help. On 3 September 1939, the United...
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    World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies...
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    7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I. The Second Republic ceased to exist in 1939, after Poland...
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  • Between the Wars is the thirteenth studio album by Al Stewart, recorded with Laurence Juber. Its major theme is the period "between the wars", from 1918...
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    several of which were used to bombard Paris during World War I. They were in service from March to August 1918. When the guns were first employed, Parisians...
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    World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet...
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    between Poland and Czechoslovakia began in 1918 between the Second Polish Republic and First Czechoslovak Republic, both freshly created states. The conflicts...
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    the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. The independence of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed on 28 October 1918 by the Czechoslovak National Council in Prague...
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  • Between Wars is an Australian 1974 drama/war film released on 15 November 1974. It was directed by Michael Thornhill and written by Frank Moorhouse. The...
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    as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar...
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    The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the...
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    drawn from the Mesopotamian and Western Fronts. On March 3, 1918, the campaign had terminated between the Ottoman Empire and Russia with the Treaty of...
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    World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers...
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    The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza...
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  • rearmament as another world war increasingly loomed. There were no great wars in the 1920s. There were a few small wars on the periphery that generally ended...
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    of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro) and Aristide Maillol. The Golden Age of the School of Paris ended between the two world wars. The Louvre received...
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    The Polish–Ukrainian War, from November 1918 to July 1919, was a conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces (both the West Ukrainian...
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  • clashed with the Romans and initiated the Illyrian Wars. These wars, which were spread out over 60 years, eventually resulted in defeat for the Illyrians...
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    Czechoslovakia. (1955–1960) War flag of Czechoslovakia. (1960–1990) Flag of the Czechoslovak National Council in Paris (1916–1918) Original proposed flag...
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  • end of World War II. Following the German–Soviet non-aggression pact, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on...
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    1914–1918. Tome 1: L'Artillerie de Campagne. Paris: Histoire et Collections. ISBN 978-2-35250-022-3. Simkins, Peter (2013). The First World War: the war to...
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    War II covers the events (mostly during the interwar period [19181939] after World War I) that affected or led to World War II. 1910s: 1910 · 1918 ·...
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    succession wars between Poland and Brandenburg, Pomerelia was subjugated by the Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia. In 1466, with the second...
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    World War I (1914–1918), belligerents from both the Allied Powers and Central Powers violated international criminal law, committing numerous war crimes...
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    Pact changed the borders agreed after the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), and was signed on August 23, 1939. One week later, World War II started with...
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  • wars involving Scotland. To see wars that have been fought on the United Kingdom mainland, see the list of wars in Great Britain. Historically, the United...
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