An interbellum is a period between wars. More specifically, the term is used for the period from 1918 to 1939, being the interwar period between the First and Second World Wars. An act of war - the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan during World War II War is a state of widespread conflict between states, organisations, or relatively large groups of people, which is characterised by the use of violent, physical force between combatants or upon civilians. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Interwar period was the time between World War I and World War II, ergo the 1920s and 1930s. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in... A world war is a military conflict affecting the majority of the worlds countries. ...

"Interbellum" can be something of a misnomer since there are usually always wars going on somewhere in the world, but generally the term contains an unspoken clause of "between wars that matter to major nations." Look up Misnomer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is Age of Man. ... // For publications of this name, see also Nation (disambiguation). ...