Timeline: Overview of Conflict in the 20th Centuary | Timetoast

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War 1
Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 7, 1945

World War 2
Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britian is concidered to be the most significant battles of World War 2.
Period: Aug 21, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

Stalingrad

Hitler’s technologically superior forces are finally defeated by the Russian army following fierce defensive fighting in freezing conditions.
Period: Jun 6, 1944 to Jul 24, 1944

The Battle of Normandy

Codenamed Operation Overlord. The invasion of Western Europe by the Allied forces beginning on D-Day. The largest seaborne invasion in history.
Period: Sep 2, 1945 to Dec 26, 1991

Cold War
Period: Feb 4, 1947 to Aug 5, 1991

The Cold War
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War

The Korean War was between South Korea and North Korea
Period: Dec 12, 1956 to Apr 30, 1974

Vietman War

The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism.