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Britain at the Turn of the Century - Coggle Diagram
Britain at the Turn of the Century
Edward VII (1901–1910)
Age of reform, social change, socialism rise
George V (1910–1936): Political shifts, WWI monarchy figure
World Wars
World War I (1914–1918):
Rivalries, alliances, optimism lost
Trench warfare, mass death, trauma
World War II (1939–1945):
German invasion of Poland and global war
Holocaust (Shoah), Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Ended with Nuremberg Trials
Key Social Movements
Suffragettes: Women’s rights → right to vote (1918 / 1928)
The Irish Question (1916): Easter Rising → Irish Free State (1922)
Labour & Industrial Unrest: 1926 General Strike, Great Depression
Global Developments
British Commonwealth (1931): Start of decolonisation
Rise of Totalitarianism: Hitler, Mussolini, Franco
The Marshall Plan (1948): Rebuilding Europe, blocking communism
Cold War Origins: NATO (1949) vs Warsaw Pact (1955)