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World War 1 Ends
World War 1 ended at the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, with the losers being Germany. The First World War resulted in 9 million soldiers dead, 21 million wounded and at least 5 million civilians died from disease, starvation and exposure. All were being lead to believe that Germany was going to win, especially after Russia left the year before. Germany lost because the French Army was able to escape the trap set for them by the Schlieffen Plan. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an international political group developed after WWI as a way to solve disputes between countries and powers. On January 10 in 1920, the League of Nations formally came into play when the agreement was signed by 42 nations. -
Construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge Begins
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened on March 19th 1932, but the construction started in 1923 on the 28th of July. Premier Jack Lang was the one to open the bridge after 6 years of construction. The significance of the bridge is that it was pivotal in the development of modern Sydney and was a focus for national optimism during the Great Depression. -
The Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed by 15 Nations
The Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed by 15 Nations, 39 more until the end of 1929. It bans war as a tool to solve international conflicts. It was one of the many international efforts to try and stop war once and for all, but it unfortunately had little effect in stopping it. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialised world, and there were many reasons as to why it started. Five of the reasons being stock market crash of 1929, bank failures, reduction in purchasing across the board, American economic policy with Europe and drought conditions. -
Height of Great Depression in Australia
The Australian economy suffered from falling wool prices during the second half of the 1920s, and competition from other commodity-producing countries. Australia was also borrowing big sums of money, which quickly dried up as the economy slowed. It took Australia basically a decade to recover from the Great Depression. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor of the German Reich
Hitler becomes Chancellor of the German Reich, which also seen as Nazi Holocaust beginning. President Paul von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler as the chancellor of Germany, which is a legal official. -
First Concentration Camp Opening
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Soviet-Union enters League of Nations
The League of Nations main official languages were always French, English and Spanish. So perhaps this was one of the reasons why many countries, including the USSR, weren’t in the League of Nations. But on September 18 1934, on France’s initiative proposed the USSR to join the League. The Soviet-Union accepted the offer and then joined as a permanent member. -
World War 2 Begins
World War 2 begins with the German attack on Poland. It is argued that the start of WWII relates back to the end of WWI, and that seems like a big possibility. Poland knew War was announced when a German bombing plane dropped a projectile on Puck, a fishing village and air base in the base of an armpit of the Hel Peninsula.
