20th Century Europe: Introduction

As you explore Europe's recent past, you might become discouraged by war, revolution, and the Great Depression. Another way of looking at Europe's story during the 20th century is to see it as a working through and overcoming of bugaboos.

In this section, you will get to know 20th century Europe by focusing on the following topics:

• The Heritage of the Nineteenth Century
• The Origins of World War 1
• Events Leading to World War 1
• The Causes of World War I
• World War 1 Military Operations
• England during World War I
• Germany during World War 1
• The Paris Peace Conference
• 1920s Lost Generation
• Diplomacy during the 1920s
• Members of the League of Nations
• Russia, 1917-1929
• France, Britain, and Italy, 1919-1929
• The Weimar Republic
• Famous People of the 1920s
• The Great Depression
• England and France during the Great Depression
• Russia under Stalin
• Nazi Germany
• The Prelude to World War II
• World War II
• France, England, Germany, and Italy during World War II
• Russia, Germany, Italy, France, and Britain after World War II
• Peace and the Cold War
• Disarmament
• The Meaning of the 20th Century

Tip:  Relive each day of 20th-century history through newspaper articles, photos, and headlines. Web site NewspaperArchive,com can give you access to more than 75 million newspaper pages. In fact, you can find anything from any year back to 1759 in the World's Largest Newspaper Archive!

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