The 1910s
What Was Happening
The Edwardian twilight — a king dies, a comet blazes, and the old order begins to crack.
Pageantry and peril — a lavish coronation, a triangle fire, and the race to the South Pole.
Hubris meets iceberg — the unsinkable sinks, and the world loses its Edwardian innocence.
The last summer of innocence — tango fever, modernist shocks, and storm clouds gathering over Europe.
The lamps go out — an assassination in Sarajevo plunges the world into the Great War.
Mud, blood, and poison gas — the war's horror becomes undeniable as the trenches consume a generation.
The Somme and Verdun — industrial slaughter on an unimaginable scale as the war reaches its darkest hour.
America enters, Russia collapses — the war's turning point reshapes the world order.
Armistice and pandemic — the guns fall silent but a deadlier killer sweeps the world.
A broken peace — Versailles redraws the map as the world struggles to recover from war and plague.