The inter-war years

  • Prohibition and rise of organised crime in the United States

  • Abdication of Emperor Wilhem II

    Abdication of Emperor Wilhem II
  • The Weimar Republic is established

  • The National Socialist Workers Party is set up by Hitler

    The National Socialist Workers Party is set up by Hitler
  • Mussolini sets up the National Fascist Party in Italy

    Mussolini sets up the National Fascist Party in Italy
  • General workers strike in Italy

  • King Victor Emmanuel III makes Mussolini president

    King Victor Emmanuel III makes Mussolini president
  • Hitler attempts a coup d'état

  • Dawes Plan

    Dawes Plan
  • Surrealism emerges

    Surrealism emerges
  • Death of Lenin and creation of the USSR

    Death of Lenin and creation of the USSR
  • Stalin introduces his five-year plans

    Stalin introduces his five-year plans
  • The New York stock market collapses

    The New York stock market collapses
  • Young Plan

    Young Plan
  • Hitler becomes prime minister

  • Elections in Germany prevent the formation of a goverment

  • Roosevelt's New Deal

    Roosevelt's New Deal
  • Hitler declares a state of emergency

  • Start of the Third Reich

    Start of the Third Reich
  • Night of the Long Knives

    Night of the Long Knives
  • Nuremberg Laws

    Nuremberg Laws
  • Stalin introduces a new constitution

  • Night of the Broken Glass

    Night of the Broken Glass