History

The bloodbath that was the 20th Century saw an unprecedented level of violence in the First and Second World Wars, with millions being killed. Ironically this was the catalyst for massive technological and cultural innovation and advancement.

There was a rapid acceleration of the industrial revolution; air transport was transformed by the invention of the Jet engine and rocket propulsion enabled men to be sent to the moon.

Cultural advances included the establishment of the welfare state and the right for women to vote. Advances in communications included radio and television and personal computers.

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1903	Wilbur and Orville Wright's biplane makes historic 12 second flight. Women's Social and Political Union (Suffragettes) founded.
1908	Henry Ford produces the first mass produced automobile, the 'Model T'.
1912	Titanic sinks.
1914	World War One breaks out
1917	The Russian Revolution begins.
1918	World War One ends.
1925	Logie Baird invent the first working television.
1928	Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
1929	Start of the world wide recession.
1935	Radar is invented
1938	Neville Chamberlain buys 'Peace in our Time' by allowing Nazi Germany to invade Czechoslovakia.
1939	World War Two begins
1945	First Atomic bomb is tested in New Mexico. World War two ends with two Nuclear bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
1947	India is given independence.
1948	Russia blockades West Berlin
1949	The first civilian Jet Airliner, the 'Comet'. The Cold War begins. Russia tests its first nuclear bomb

1989	Berlin Wall torn down.

1991	War against Iraq

Fall Gelb - In May 1940 the German army was poised to invade the Low Countries and France. Code named Fall Gelb (case Yellow), the invasion was to result in a devastating defeat for the Allied armies.
Operation Overlord - In June 1944 the Western allies invaded occupied Europe to open the long awaited Second Front
Tiger Tank - The Panzer VI e Tiger tank was probably the most feared tank of the Second World War
Lancaster Bomber - The most successful bomber aircraft of Worlds War Two. In over 300,000 sorties It was responsible for delivering in excess of 600,000 tons of explosive to targets throughout Nazi occupied Europe.