1925  Scandal of the Charleston craze 1926  General Strikes sweeps across Britain 1927  11 words from Al Jolson change the world 1928  Alexander Fleming breaks the mould 1929  Wall Street Crash brings world chaos 1930  Adolf Hitler's fortunes soaring 1931  Japanese troops invade China 1932  Bodyline Tour bowls into controversy 1933  Shock as German Reichstag burns down 1934  Radar on the horizon - and it's British 1935  Mussolini takes revenge on Ethiopia 1936  Edward VIII's abdication crisis divides nation 1937  Nazi bombers stage massacre at Guernica 1938  German troops 'reclaim' the Sudetenland 1939  Invasion of Poland plunges Britain into war 1940  Miracle as British troops retreat from Dunkirk 1941  Japanese blitz American fleet at Pearl Harbor 1942  Monty's historic victory at El Alamein 1943  Hitler comes up against 'General Winter' 1944  D-Day for Allies on the Normandy beaches 1945  Devastation as atom bomb falls on Hiroshima 1946  Carnage as Israelis bomb King David hotel 1947  Sun goes down on British rule in India 1948  Aneurin Bevan unveils the National Health Service 1949  Wolves home in triumph after Wembley victory