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Main
1900-1914 Beginning of 1900’s
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War
1914-1918 World War I
1917-1923 Russian Civil War
1918 Finnish Civil War
1918-1939 Interwar Period
1919-1921 Polish Soviet War
1936-1939 Spanish Civil War
1939-1945 World War II
1945-1991 Cold War
1950-1953 Korean War
1955-1975 Vietnam War
1979-1989 Soviet-Afghanistan War
1990-1991 Gulf War
1991–present Modern Era
1998-1999 Kosovo War
2001-2021 War in Afghanistan
Aircraft
Airlines
Alcohol
Automotive
Boating
Bus Transport
Cars
Maritime Transport
Motorcycles
Motorsport
Petroleum
Railroad
Smoking
Soft Drinks
Sports
Tires
Tractors
Trains
Travel
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