Interwar Years

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Treaty of Versailles is signed
  • Warren G. Harding takes office

    Warren G. Harding takes office
    Economic boom nicknamed "roaring 20s"
  • Russian Civil War ends

    Russian Civil War ends
    Russian Civil War ends
  • Britain's David Lloyd George resigns

    Britain's David Lloyd George resigns
    Political turmoil ensues
  • Benito Mussolini becomes Italian premier

    Benito Mussolini becomes Italian premier
    He slowly erodes democracy in Italy
  • Lenin dies

    Lenin dies
    Stalin succeds him
  • Dawes Plan

    Dawes Plan
    The Dawes Plan was created to stabalize Germany's economy.
  • Stalin launches first Five-Year Plan

    Stalin launches first Five-Year Plan
    Beginning of his Five-Year Plans to rapidly industrialize Russia
  • Italy is a single party state

    Italy is a single party state
    Italy is a single party state
  • Unemployment in Britain reaches 2.5 million

    Unemployment in Britain reaches 2.5 million
    This was the highest it had ever been after war
  • Raymond Poincare resigns

    Raymond Poincare resigns
    France's Poincare retires from office in 1929
  • Black Tuesday stock market crash

    Black Tuesday stock market crash
    This crash sends the United States into depression
  • Stalin starts "Great Purges"

    Stalin starts "Great Purges"
    Continues on until 1944
  • Roosevelt's "New Deals" get U.S. headed in right direction

    Roosevelt's "New Deals" get U.S. headed in right direction
    Roosevelt's "New Deals" get U.S. headed in right direction from 1933 to 1936
  • Hitler appointed chancellor

    Hitler appointed chancellor
    Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
  • Roosevelt begins his first term

    Roosevelt begins his first term
    The U.S. is still suffering from Great Depression
  • Hindenburg dies

    Hindenburg dies
    Hindenburg is dead. And Hitler becomes Der Fuhrer
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia
    Italy invades Ethiopia
  • Italy wins war in Ethiopia

    Italy wins war in Ethiopia
    As a result, Italy creates Italian East Africa
  • Spanish Civil War begins

    Spanish Civil War begins
    Spanish Civil War begins
  • Roosevelt reelected

    Roosevelt reelected
    Roosevelt reelected by a landslide
  • Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister

    Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister
    Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister in Britain