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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles is imposed on defeated Germany by Britain, France, and the United States. Germany is forced to give territory to France Poland Denmark, and Belgium, and forbidden to unite with Austria. Germany also must limit its army to 100,000 men keep troops out of its Western territories and make heavy reparations payments for damage caused in the war.Tr -
League of Nations
The world's first international security organization goes into operation. The United States does not join, and Germany and Soviet Russia are not able to join. -
Stalin Rises to Power
Stalin defeats the last of his major rivals for power in the period after Lenin's death. Over time Stalin's heir brings forced industrialization, brutal police repression and purges, a suspicious attitude toward the outside world, and control over foreign communist parties. (Specific Date Unknown) -
Depression
The American stock market crash starts a world-wide Depression, which is at its worst in most of Europe from the summer of 1931. -
Japan Attacks Manchuria
Japanese armies open a long undeclared war against China in Manchuria. Attempts to restrain Japan through the League of Nations or by other means all fail, weakening faith in the international order. -
Third Reich
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. He and his Nazi party are in full command in a matter of months. -
The Third Reich Leaves
The Third Reich withdraws from the disarmament conference and the League of Nations. -
Russia Joins the League of Nations
Soviet Russia finally joins the League of Nations out of concern about the threat from Nazi Germany. -
The Axis Side Forms
The Anti-Comintern Pact loosely connects Germany to Japan and Italy. -
Germany Invades Prague
Germany suddenly occupies the rest of western Czechoslovakia and turns Slovakia into a separate state. This brings the final believers to most British and French "appeasers" who had hoped for a stable settlement with Germany.