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Rice Riots
A precipitous rise in the price of rice caused extreme economic hardship, particularly in rural areas where rice was the main staple of life. Farmers, when comparing the low prices they were receiving due to government regulation with the high market prices had tremendous hostility against rice merchants and government officials who had allowed the consumer price to spiral out of control. The rice price increase came at the peak of a post-war (World War I) inflationary spiral that also affected -
Battle of San Matteo
The Battle of San Matteo took place in the late summer of 1918 on the Punta San Matteo (3678 m) during World War I. It was regarded as the highest battle in history until it was surpassed in 1999 by the Kargil Conflict at 5600m. -
flight over veinna
Flight over Vienna was an air raid performed by Italian poet and nationalist patriot Gabriele D'Annunzio on 9 August 1918. With 11 Ansaldo S.V.A. from his team, the 87ma squadriglia (squadron) called La Serenissima all bearing the Lion of St Mark painted on their fuselage sides as the squadron's insignia, -
ivention of the toaster
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Treaty of Versailles
it was the peace agreement that was forced on Germany in 1919 because they lost World War I.Countries that lose wars usually have to sign agreements with the winners – they agree to give over certain things in return for not being invaded or destroyed. -
Fascism in Italy
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bankrupty in Germany
Germany bankrupt. High unemployment, businesses close -
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 through the end of 1932 and in some places much longer. -
Third Reich
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. He and his Nazi party are in full command in a matter of months. -
Germany starts to go it alone
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Germany starts to go it alone
The Third Reich withdraws from the disarmament conference and the League of Nations. -
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg dies on this day -
German rearmament
The Third Reich repudiates the disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles and begins to rearm openly. -
japan invades Manchuria
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Formation of the Axis
The Anti-Comintern Pact loosely connects Germany to Japan and Italy. -
Berlin Olympic games
was an international multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain, on 26 April 1931 -
Spanish Civil War
A civil war breaks out in Spain, lasting until 1939. Germany and Italy support the insurgent Nationalist side (Franco) and send arms and "volunteers"; Britain, France, and Russia support the Republican government but only Russia provides any practical assistance. -
Nazi’s invade Czechoslovakia. Britain and France offer protection to Poland
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German invsion of poland
German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. As the Germans advanced, Polish forces withdrew from their forward bases of operation close to the Polish–German border to more established lines of defence to the east. After the mid-September Polish defeat in the Battle of the Bzura, the Germans gained an undisputed advantage. -
Munich Agreement
A crisis over a large border region in western Czechoslovakia (the so-called "Sudetenland") ends in the Munich agreement between Germany, Britain, France, and Italy, which authorizes German annexation of these territories.
