Wars

By emmasharpe1

  • 1919

    The Treaty of Versaillies is signed and revolutionary outbreaks take place across Europe
  • Period: to

    Between the wars

  • 1921

    The Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War

  • 1922

    Mussolini and his fascists take power in Italy. The former Tsarist Russian Empire becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

  • 1923

    Hitler attempts to seize poewr in Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch

  • 1924

    The Nazis win only 3 percent of votes in German elections

  • 1928

    Almost one in five people own a car in the US. The first Australian screening of a 'talkie' takes place.

  • 1929

    The Great Depression begins

  • 1931

    Under the Melbourne Agreement, Australian goverments agree to cut spending.

  • 1932

    Unemployment reachs its peak in the worst year of the Depression

  • 1933

    Hitler and the Nazis gain power in Germany. Germany and Japan leabe the Leauge of Nations.

  • 1934

    Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

  • 1936

    The Spanish Cilvil War begins. Stalin begins purges of his opponents in the Communist Party and the military in the USSR.

  • 1939

    Germany invades Poland and World War 2 begins