Interwar years

Interwar Years

  • Germany

    Germany

    Treaty of Versailles is signed.
  • Great Britain

    Great Britain

    Treaty of Versailles is signed.
  • France

    France

    Treaty of Versailles is signed.
  • Italy

    Italy

    Treaty of Versailles is signed.
  • United States

    United States

    Warren G. Harding takes office during "Roaring 20's" economic boom.
  • Great Britain

    Great Britain

    Unemployment reaches 2.5 million (post war high)
  • Russia

    Russia

    Russian Civil war ends.
  • Great Britain

    Great Britain

    David Lloyd George resigns. (political turmoil ensues)
  • Italy

    Italy

    Musselini named Italian Premier, gradually erodes democracy.
  • Russia

    Russia

    Vladimir Lenin dies, Stalin succeeds him.
  • Germany

    Germany

    Dawes Plan lessens payments for Germany.
  • Russia

    Russia

    Stalin acts out his first Five Year Plan.
  • Italy

    Italy

    Italy is a one party state.
  • France

    France

    Poincare resigns (political turmoil ensues)
  • United States

    United States

    Black Tuesday stock market crash sends the US into the Great Depression.
  • Germany

    Germany

    Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany.
  • United States

    United States

    Roosevelt begins his first term with the US still suffering from the Great Depression.
  • United States

    United States

    Roosevelt's New Deals get the US going in the right economic direction again.
  • Russia

    Russia

    Stalin begins the Great Purges.
  • Germany

    Germany

    Hitler becomes Der Fuhrer.
  • Italy

    Italy

    Italy envades Ethiopia.
  • Italy

    Italy

    Italy wins the war in Ethiopia and creates Italian East Africa.
  • Germany

    Germany

    Spanish Civil War begins.
  • United States

    United States

    Roosevelt is re-elected for his second term in a landslide victory.
  • Great Britain

    Great Britain

    Neville Chamberlin appointed Prime Minister.