Greatest Generation
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The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation. This generation
Buckler family, 1914
Portrait of Australian girls, c. between 1910 and 1920
American G.I.s land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.
A woman working in a military aircraft factory in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1942. Millions of American women found work in the defense industry during the war.
Silent Generation
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The Silent Generation, also known as the Traditionalist Generation or Builders Generation, is a demographic cohort following the Greatest Generation and preceding the baby boomers. The generation is g
Greatest Generation
…Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation. This generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. They were shaped by the Great Depression and were the primary generation composing…
Child evacuees in Reading carrying gas masks which were issued to British civilians in 1938 during the Munich Crisis (1940)
Early television, an example of mid-20th century consumer goods
Houses adapted for elderly people in Omagh, Northern Ireland (2010)
46th U.S. president Joe Biden (2021–2025) is a member of the Silent Generation.