Interwar Year

  • June 1919 -

    June 1919 -
    Treaty of Versailles is signed- The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and Everyone else
  • August 1919 -

    August 1919 -
    The Weimar Republic is established in Germany- This was the german government after the first world war and was named after the city weimar.
  • January 1920 -

    January 1920 -
    The League of Nation is created- This was an international organization in Switzerland made to solve international disputes.
  • January 1923

    January 1923
    French occupation of the Ruhr-France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr, an industrial area of German bordering their own countries. This region, full of factories and coalmines, contained materials that France and Belgium intended to use for restorations after the war.
  • November 1923 -

    November 1923 -
    Beer Hall Putsch-This was a failed coup d'état by the Nazi Party (NSDAP) leader Adolf Hitler
  • April 1924

    April 1924
    • The Dawes Plan is created-was an initial plan in 1924 to resolve the World War I repairs that Germany had to pay for the damages
  • June 1925 -

    June 1925 -
    Benito Mussolini becomes dictator of Italy-was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party. He ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943; he constitutionally led the country until 1925, when he dropped the pretense of democracy and established a dictatorship.
  • October 1925 -

    October 1925 -
    The Locarno Treaties are signed-The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland, on 5–16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on 1 December
  • August 1928 -

    August 1928 -
    The Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed- The Kellogg–Briand Pact (or Pact of Paris, officially General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy) is a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts
  • October 1929 -

    October 1929 -
    The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939.Beginning of the Great Depression-
  • September 1931 -

    September 1931 -
    Japan invaded Manchuria-The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931
  • January 1933 -

    January 1933 -
    Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany-On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany
  • October 1935 -

    October 1935 -
    Italy invaded Ethiopia-The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war fought from 3 October 1935 until 19 February 1937
  • March 1936 -

    March 1936 -
    The remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German military forces entered the Rhineland.Germany reoccupied the Rhineland-
  • October 1936 -

    October 1936 -
    Creation of the Rome-Berlin Axis-Rome-Berlin Axis, Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy's foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries was reached on October 25, 1936.
  • November 1936 - Creation of the Anti-Comintern Pact

    November 1936 - Creation of the Anti-Comintern Pact
    Creation of the Anti-Comintern Pact-Anti-Comintern Pact. Anti-Comintern Pact, agreement concluded first between Germany and Japan (Nov. 25, 1936) and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan (Nov. 6, 1937)
  • March 1938 - Germany’s anschluss with Austria

    March 1938 - Germany’s anschluss with Austria
    Germany’s anschluss with Austria-Anschluss refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.
  • September 1938 - Signing of the Munich Agreement

    September 1938 - Signing of the Munich Agreement
    Signing of the Munich Agreement-The Munich Agreement, known in Czechoslovakia as the Munich Diktat or Munich Betrayal, was an agreement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of the "Sudetenland", a region of western Czechoslovakia inhabited by 800,000 people, mainly German speakers
  • March 1939 - Germany occupied Czechoslovakia

    March 1939 - Germany occupied Czechoslovakia
    Germany occupied Czechoslovakia-The German occupation of Czechoslovakia began with the German annexation of Czechoslovakia's border regions known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement.
  • August 1939 - Creation of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    August 1939 - Creation of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
    Creation of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact-The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the Nazi–Soviet Pact, the Hitler–Stalin Pact, the German–Soviet Nonaggression Pact or the Nazi German–Soviet Pact of Aggression, was a neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed in Moscow on 23 August 1939
  • September 1, 1939 - Germany invaded Poland

    September 1, 1939 - Germany invaded Poland
    The Invasion of Poland, known in Poland as the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive War, and in Germany as the Poland Campaign or Fall Weiss, was a joint invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, the Free City of Danzig, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II.Germany invaded Poland-
  • September 3, 1939 - Britain declared war on Germany

    September 3, 1939 - Britain declared war on Germany
    Britain declared war on Germany-1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany. Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days before