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Our world has been shaped by two all-consuming conflicts - and by a global superpower stand-off that brought the world to the brink of destruction. Explore the in-depth sections below. Inside World Wars World War One The causes, events and people of the conflict dubbed the 'war to end all wars'. more Genocide Under the Nazis Why did Nazi Germany kill millions who did not conform to its ideas of racial-biological 'purity'? more World War Two The causes, events and people of the most destructive war in history. more Cold War Espionage, proxy wars and nuclear deadlock - the conflict that almost ended it all. more

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