interwar By dukelover Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jun 28, 1919 British treaty signed. Jun 28, 1919 France treaty signed. Mar 4, 1921 Warren G. Harding takes office. Jul 1, 1921 Unemployment in Great Britain reaches 25 million. Oct 22, 1922 David Lloyd George resigns. Oct 25, 1922 Russian Civil War ends Oct 30, 1922 Mussolini named Italian premier. Democracy slowly erodes. Jan 21, 1924 Lenin dies. Stalin suceeds. Aug 27, 1924 Dawes Plan Oct 1, 1928 Stalin implements the first 5-Year Plan. Jan 1, 1929 Italy becomes a one-party state. Jul 1, 1929 Poincare resigns. Political turmoil. Oct 24, 1929 Black Tuesday stock market crash. Jan 1, 1933 Stalin begins the Great Purges. Feb 10, 1933 Hitler Appointed Chancellor Mar 3, 1933 Roosevelt takes office. Aug 2, 1934 Hindenburg Dies Hitler becomes dictator. Oct 1, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia. May 1, 1936 Italy wins war. Italy East Africa created. Jul 17, 1936 Spanish Civil War Begins May 28, 1937 Neville Chamberlin appointed prime minister.