INTERWAR PERIOD By Mireia Tous Nov 11, 1918 End of the First World War Period: Nov 11, 1918 to Sep 1, 1939 INTERWAR PERIOD FIRST STAGE 1919-1924 Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles: war reparations imposed on Germany Jan 10, 1920 The League of Nations comes into force. Oct 28, 1922 March on Rome: Mussolini rises to power in Italy. Dec 30, 1922 The Soviet Union is established. Jan 21, 1924 Lenin dies and Stalin assumes leadership of the USSR. Period: Feb 1, 1924 to 1933 SECOND STAGE Sep 8, 1926 Germany joins the League of Nations. Oct 1, 1928 Stanlin's First Five-Year Plan in the USSR: industralization and collectivization of agriculture. Oct 28, 1929 Wall Street Crash of 1929: The Great Depression begins. Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria. Period: 1933 to 1939 THIRD STAGE Jan 30, 1933 Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. Mar 9, 1933 Roosevelt rolls out the New Deal in response to the U.S economic crisis. Oct 14, 1933 Germany withdraws from the League of Nations. Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Race Laws in Germany. Jul 17, 1936 The Spanish Civil War begins. Dec 11, 1937 Italy withdraws from the League of Nations. Mar 12, 1938 Anschluss: Germany annexes Austria. Mar 15, 1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia. Apr 1, 1939 The Spanish Civil War ends: Franco's dictatorship begins. Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland: World War II begins.
