The inter-war years By NoaCantarell 1918 Prohibition and rise of organised crime in the United States 1919 Abdication of Emperor Wilhem II 1919 The Weimar Republic is established 1921 The National Socialist Workers Party is set up by Hitler 1921 Mussolini sets up the National Fascist Party in Italy 1922 General workers strike in Italy 1922 King Victor Emmanuel III makes Mussolini president 1923 Hitler attempts a coup d'état 1924 Dawes Plan 1924 Surrealism emerges 1924 Death of Lenin and creation of the USSR 1928 Stalin introduces his five-year plans 1929 The New York stock market collapses 1929 Young Plan 1930 Hitler becomes prime minister 1930 Elections in Germany prevent the formation of a goverment 1933 Roosevelt's New Deal 1933 Hitler declares a state of emergency 1934 Start of the Third Reich 1934 Night of the Long Knives 1935 Nuremberg Laws 1936 Stalin introduces a new constitution 1938 Night of the Broken Glass