The World Wars

The two world wars are the hinge on which the twentieth century turns, and their consequences still structure borders, alliances and institutions today. This category covers the causes, the turning points, the technology and codebreaking, and the settlements that followed each. It handles the material soberly, as history with an enormous human cost rather than as a source of trivia, and avoids the more sensitive specifics of atrocity in a quiz format. The explanations focus on causes and consequences, which is where the lasting significance actually sits.