Interwar Years

Germany

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles is signed.

Great Britain

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles is signed.

France

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles is signed.

Italy

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles is signed.

United States

Mar 4, 1921

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

Great Britain

Jul 1, 1921

Unemployment reaches 2.5 million (post war high)

Russia

Oct 1, 1922

Russian Civil war ends.

Great Britain

Oct 27, 1922

David Lloyd George resigns. (political turmoil ensues)

Italy

Oct 30, 1922

Musselini named Italian Premier, gradually erodes democracy.

Russia

Jan 21, 1924

Vladimir Lenin dies, Stalin succeeds him.

Germany

Aug 27, 1924

Dawes Plan lessens payments for Germany.

Russia

Oct 1, 1928

Stalin acts out his first Five Year Plan.

Italy

Jan 1, 1929

Italy is a one party state.

France

Jul 1, 1929

Poincare resigns (political turmoil ensues)

United States

Oct 24, 1929

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

Germany

Feb 10, 1933

Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany.

United States

Mar 3, 1933

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

United States

Mar 4, 1933

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

Russia

Jan 1, 1934

Stalin begins the Great Purges.

Germany

Aug 2, 1934

Hitler becomes Der Fuhrer.

Italy

Oct 19, 1935

Italy envades Ethiopia.

Italy

May 1, 1936

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

Germany

Jul 17, 1936

Spanish Civil War begins.

United States

Nov 3, 1936

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

Great Britain

May 28, 1937

Neville Chamberlin appointed Prime Minister.