The Twentieth Century
World wars, cold war and decolonisation.
01Causes of the First World WarAlliances, arms races and the assassination that lit the fuse in 1914.Read lesson →02Trench Warfare 1914-1918Life and death on the Western Front, and why the war lasted so long.Read lesson →03Road to the Second World WarTreaty of Versailles, the Depression and Hitler's rise.Read lesson →04Britain in the Second World WarThe Blitz, Dunkirk and the home front, 1939-1945.Read lesson →