The inter-war years By Pedro Almodóvar Nov 11, 1918 End of WW1 1919 Creation of "Blackshirts" in Italy Period: 1920 to Oct 24, 1929 Roaring twenties 1921 Fundation of the National Fascist Party in Italy 1921 Creation of SA or "Brownshirts" (Germany) Jul 29, 1921 Hitler becomes the leader of the Nacional Socialist German Worker's Party Oct 28, 1922 March on Rome Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini arises to the power Nov 8, 1923 Hitler's failed coup d'état (Beer Hall Putsch) 1924 Stalin arises to the power in Russia Period: 1924 to 1953 Stalinism Jan 21, 1924 Lenin's death Aug 16, 1924 The Dawes plan Apr 4, 1925 Creation of the SS 1928 Stalin first five-year economical plan 1929 The Young plan Oct 24, 1929 Wall Street crash Period: Oct 24, 1929 to 1934 The Great Depression Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes prime minister Mar 9, 1933 Roosevelt's New Deal Jul 30, 1934 Night of the long knifes Aug 19, 1934 Hitler becomes Führer and the Third Reich starts Mar 1, 1935 Hitler breaks The Treaty Of Versailles Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Laws Period: 1936 to 1938 Great Purge (By Stalin) Nov 9, 1938 Night of Broken Glass Sep 1, 1939 WW2 starts