Interwar Years

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles is signed

Warren G. Harding takes office

Mar 4, 1921

Economic boom nicknamed "roaring 20s"

Russian Civil War ends

Oct 1, 1922

Russian Civil War ends

Britain's David Lloyd George resigns

Oct 22, 1922

Political turmoil ensues

Benito Mussolini becomes Italian premier

Oct 30, 1922

He slowly erodes democracy in Italy

Lenin dies

Jan 21, 1924

Stalin succeds him

Dawes Plan

Aug 27, 1924

The Dawes Plan was created to stabalize Germany's economy.

Stalin launches first Five-Year Plan

Oct 1, 1928

Beginning of his Five-Year Plans to rapidly industrialize Russia

Italy is a single party state

Jan 1, 1929

Italy is a single party state

Unemployment in Britain reaches 2.5 million

Jul 1, 1929

This was the highest it had ever been after war

Raymond Poincare resigns

Jul 1, 1929

France's Poincare retires from office in 1929

Black Tuesday stock market crash

Oct 24, 1929

This crash sends the United States into depression

Stalin starts "Great Purges"

Jan 1, 1933

Continues on until 1944

Roosevelt's "New Deals" get U.S. headed in right direction

Jan 1, 1933

Roosevelt's "New Deals" get U.S. headed in right direction from 1933 to 1936

Hitler appointed chancellor

Feb 10, 1933

Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

Roosevelt begins his first term

Mar 3, 1933

The U.S. is still suffering from Great Depression

Hindenburg dies

Mar 7, 1934

Hindenburg is dead. And Hitler becomes Der Fuhrer

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 1, 1935

Italy invades Ethiopia

Italy wins war in Ethiopia

May 1, 1936

As a result, Italy creates Italian East Africa

Spanish Civil War begins

Jul 17, 1936

Spanish Civil War begins

Roosevelt reelected

Nov 3, 1936

Roosevelt reelected by a landslide

Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister

May 28, 1937

Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister in Britain