Between WWI & WWII

Versailles Treaty

Jan 18, 1919

It was a peace conference at Versailles. The purpose was to negotiate with Great Britain, France, and USA. (David Lloyd George <Great Britain>, Georges Clemenceau <France>, and Woodrow Wilson <USA> )

Weimar Republic

Aug 11, 1919

New German Reich constitution was written at Weimar, Germany. It was a new constitution after WWI.

Mussolini took over in Italy

Oct 29, 1922

Mussolini took support from both working class and industrial bosses. He changed Italy’s constitution and he also brought many other changes to Italy.

Beerhall Punch and Mein Kampf

Nov 9, 1923

Police and Reichswehr did not support Hitler’s Beerhall Punch, they suppress it instead. Hitler was arrested and the punch was closed

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Aug 27, 1928

It was an international agreement about banning the wars in order to keep nations out of international conflicts. At first, 15 countries signed this agreement, and another 39 countries signed this in August 29.

Japan’s Invasion of Manchuria and China

Sep 18, 1931

Japan occupied many places in Manchuria. Then the war between Japan and China started.

German Occupation of the Rhineland

May 1, 1935

In May 1935, France signed a treaty of friendship and mutual support with USSR. Germany claimed that the treaty was not good to them. Hitler used this as an excuse to send German troops into the Rhineland by the next year.

Nuremberg Laws

Sep 15, 1935

Nazis announced new laws at an annual party in Nuremberg, Germany. The laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and defensed them from marrying or having sexual relations with "German or related blood."

Second Italo-Ethiopian War

Oct 5, 1935

Also called as ‘Second Italo-Abyssinian War’. It is a colonial war. Ethiopia lost in this war and became one of Italian East Africa. This event is also called 'The Invasion of Ethiopia'.

Civil War in Spain

Jul 17, 1936

Francisco Franco's Spanish army in Morocco, rose up against the elected Republican government. ( Manuel Azaña)This war ended on April 1, 1939

The Fall of Nanjing

Oct 9, 1937

This war was fought since early December 1937. It happened during the Second Sino-Japanese War and between the National Revolutionary Army of China. The Imperial Japanese Army for control of Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China. This war ended on January 31, 1938

Anschluss of Austria

Mar 12, 1938

“Anschluss” is a German word means joining or attaching. This event was when Austria joined with Germany's Nazis. This event can also be called “Anschluss Österreichs”.

Munich Conference

Sep 8, 1938

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed Munich Pact which seals fate of Czechoslovakia. Then the pact was sent to Germany for peace. When it returns to Britain, Chamberlain announced that they achieved their peace time.

The Sudetenland Crisis

Oct 1, 1938

Hitler marched into the Sudetenland. This event began since February 1938, when Hitler demanded self-determination for all Germans in Austria and Czechoslovakia. Soon later, Austrian Nazis invited Hitler to invade their country, in which he did it in March.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

This is the time when anti-Jewish started to get more violent in November 9-10, 1938. Kristallnacht figures as an important turning point in Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews, which ended in the attempt to kill or destroy the European Jews.

Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invaded Poland. This was the purpose of Nazis as they wanted to get rid of Jews and Hitler knew that there were lots of Jews lived in Poland. This event ended on October 6, 1939.