Interwar Years

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Was one of the peace treaties at the end of war world I. It also ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers.
  • Britian signed the treaty of versailles

    Britian signed the treaty of versailles
    Britain had suffered little land devastation during the war, although they believed a restored Germany as an important trading partner and worried about the effect of reparations on the British economy
  • France signed treaty of versailles

    France signed treaty of versailles
    France signed the Treaty and was active in the League, they believed the restrictions on Germany were too lenient—declared (quite accurately).
  • Unemployment reaches 2.5 million

    Unemployment reaches 2.5 million
    The effects on the northern industrial areas of Britain were immediate and devastating, as demand for traditional industrial products collapsed. By the end of 1930 unemployment had more than doubled from 1 million to 2.5 million (20% of the insured workforce), and exports had fallen in value by 50%.
  • Russian civil war ends

    Russian civil war ends
    Was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, at the end Red Army troops continued to face resistance into 1923, where basmachi (armed bands of Islamic guerrillas) had formed to fight the Bolshevik takeover. The Soviets engaged non-Russian peoples in Central Asia
  • Vlaimir Lenin dies (Stalin succeeds him)

    Vlaimir Lenin dies (Stalin succeeds him)
    Architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54. after his death his body was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum near the Moscow Kremlin. Petrograd was renamed Leningrad in his honor. Fellow revolutionary Joseph Stalin succeeded him as leader of the Soviet Union.
  • Dawes Plans

    Dawes Plans
    Was an attempt to solve reparations problem. (bedeviledinternational politics)
  • Nevill Chamberlin appointed prime minister

    Nevill Chamberlin appointed prime minister
    Was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he's best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany. When Adolf Hitler continued his aggression by invading Poland, Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, and Chamberlain led Britain through the first eight months of the Second World War.
  • Stalin implenments the first "five year plan"

    Stalin implenments the first "five year plan"
    Stalin made a series of nation-wide centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union.
  • Poincare resigns (political turmoil ensured)

    Poincare resigns (political turmoil ensured)
    was a French statesman who served five times as Prime Minister, and as President.
  • Stalin begins "the great purges"

    Stalin begins "the great purges"
    Was a series of repressive measures in the Soviet Union in the late 1930s. This involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials, repression of peasants, Red Army leadership, and unaffiliated persons in an atmosphere of widespread surveillance and suspicion of "saboteurs."[1] Proportionately, most of the victims of the Great Purge were Old Bolsheviks.[citation needed]
  • Hitler appionted Chancellor

    President Paul Von Hinderburg names hitler Chancellor because the nazi political group was the largest.
  • Rooservelt"s "new deals"

    Rooservelt"s "new deals"
    Was a series of economic programs enacted in the United States, the programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
  • Hilter becomes "Der fuhrer"

    Hilter becomes "Der fuhrer"
    When the umlaut (Hindenburg) dies Hitler steps up to be the next leader.
  • Italy invades ethopia

    Italy invades ethopia
    It was a brief colonial war,Mussolini, who was the leader of Italy, had his eye set on annexing Ethiopia into Italy’s newly created colony of East Africa. Although the Italian military was successful in occupying Ethiopia, the Abyssinians did not capitulate or surrender to the Italian forces.
  • Italy wins war in ethopia

    Italy wins war in ethopia
    . Although the Italian military was successful in occupying Ethiopia, the Abyssinians did not capitulate or surrender to the Italian forces.
  • Spanish Civil War begin

    Spanish Civil War begin
    Fought between two groups; the republicans who were loyal to the established Spanish republic, and the nationalist, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco.
  • Warren G. Harding takes office

    Warren G. Harding takes office
    Was the 29th President of the United States, Harding was a self-made newspaper publisher who served as a member of the Ohio Senate, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and United States Senator. While in the Senate, Harding protected alcohol interests and moderately supported women's suffrage. He was the first incumbent U.S. Senator and the first newspaper publisher to be elected president.[1][2] He also originated the phrase "Founding Fathers".[3]
  • Rooservelt is re-elected

    Rooservelt is re-elected
    A dominant leader of the Democratic Party and the only American president elected to more than two terms
  • Italy signed treaty of versailles

    Italy signed treaty of versailles
    The foreign ministers left the main meetings of the treaty, so that only the "Big Four" remained.After his territorial claims to Fiume were rejected, Italian Prime Minister, Vittorio Orlando left the negotiations and only returned to sign in June
  • Italy is a one party state

    Italy is a one party state
    Over the next four years, Mussolini eliminated nearly all checks and balances on his power. In 1926, he passed a law that declared he was responsible only to the king and made him the sole person able to determine Parliament's agenda. Local autonomy was swept away, and appointed podestas replaced communal mayors and councils. Soon after all other parties were banned in 1928, parliamentary elections were replaced by plebiscites in which the Grand Council nominated a single list of candidates.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    The most catastrophic stock market crash in the history of the United States.
  • Mossolini named italian premier gradualy erodes democracy

    Mossolini named italian premier gradualy erodes democracy
    King Victor Emmanuel III faltered and appointed Mussolini prime minister. Over the next few years, Mussolini banned all political parties and curtailed personal liberties, thus forming a dictatorship.