Between the Wars

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    Between the Wars

  • 1919

    The Treaty of Versailles is signed and revolutionary outbreaks take place across Europe

  • 1921

    The Bolheviks win the Russian Civil War

  • 1922

    Mussolini and his fascists take power in Italy. The former Tsarist Russia Empire becomes the Union of
    Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

  • 1923

    Hitler attempts to seize powerin Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch

  • 1924

    The Nazis win only 3 percent of votes in German elections

  • 1928

    Almost one in five people own a car in the US The first Australian screening of a 'talkie' takes place

  • 1929

    The Great Deppression begins

  • 1931

    Under the Melbourne Agreement, Australian govenments agree to cut spending

  • 1932

    Uemployment reaches its peak i the worst year of the Depression

  • 1933

    Hitler and the Nazis gain powe in Germany Germany and Japan leave the League of Nations

  • 1934

    Italy invdades Abyssina (Ethiopia)

  • 1936

    The Spanish Civil War begins. Stalin begins purges of his oppontents in he Communist Party and the military in USSR

  • 1937

    Japan invades China

  • 1939

    Germany invades Poland and World War II begins