This group gathers events that began between 1930 to 1945, placed among the events of The Age of Extremes. From 1930 to 1945 the world saw the Depression, famine and civil war, then the Second World War and its last risings. An event belongs here when its cited article gives a start date inside this span. It excludes events that began earlier or later, which sit in the neighboring groups of the same period, and it does not turn on how large or famous an event was.
All Events of the Depression and the Road to War, 1930 to 1945
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Marco Polo Bridge incident, Wikipedia
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began on 7 July 1937
Salt March (Wikipedia)
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The 24-day march (padayatra) lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.
Holodomor (Wikipedia)
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The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian famine, was a massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians.
Bengal famine of 1943, Wikipedia
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The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine during World War II in the Bengal Province and Orissa Province of British India.
Spanish Civil War, Wikipedia
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The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil española) was fought in Spain from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels.
Wikipedia: Dersim massacre
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The Dersim massacre, also known as Dersim genocide, was carried out by the Turkish military over the course of three operations in the Dersim Province (renamed Tunceli) against Kurdish rebels of Alevi faith, and civilians in 1937 and 1938.
Wikipedia: Prague uprising
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The Prague uprising (Czech: Pražské povstání) was a partially successful attempt by the Czech resistance movement to liberate the city of Prague from German occupation in May 1945, during the end of World War II.
Wikipedia: World War II
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World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939-2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Wikipedia: Bretton Woods Conference
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The conference was held from July 1 to 22, 1944.
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