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Our Family History
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 1898 - 1911 (13 years)
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| 1 | 1837 | - 20 Jun 1837—22 Jan 1901: Victorian Era
Reign of Queen Victoria in England
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| 2 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
Although it was centred in France, Belgium and Germany, this war which killed 9m combatants and 7m civilians stretched to the Mediterranean and Turkey
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| 3 | 1939 | - 1 Sep 1939—15 Aug 1945: World War II
Most of the British population was directly affected by the war in which an estimated 60-85m people died: combatants, non-combatants, children sent out of population centres, refugees.
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| 4 | 1947 | - 1947—1991: Cold War
Confrontation between the US and the USSR in which the huge nuclear arsenals of each side threatened catastrophe
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| 5 | 1952 | - 6 Feb 1952—2022: Queen Elizabeth II
Reign of Queen Elizabeth
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