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THE INTERWAR YEARS (1919-1938)
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The Treaty of Versailles is Signed
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918. -
The First Meeting of the League of Nations
Intergovernmental organisation founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. -
The Washington Conference is Held
The Washington Arms Conference or the Washington Disarmament Conference, was a military conference called by President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington from 12 November 1921 to 6 February 1922. -
Benito Mussolini is Made Italian Premier
Mussolini was replaced as Prime Minister and served as the head of the Italian Social Republic until his execution by Italian partisans. -
The Beer Hall Putsch
A failed attempt by the Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler with Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders to seize power in Munich, Bavaria. -
Vladimir Lenin Dies
Vladimir Lenin, the architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54. -
The Cartel des Gauches wins the French Election
The name of the governmental alliance between the Radical-Socialist Party and the socialist French Section of the Workers International after World War I, which lasted until the end of the Popular Front. The Cartel des gauches twice won general elections -
The Locarno Pacts are Signed
Seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland, formally signed in London which the First World War Western European Allied powers and the new states of Central and Eastern Europe sought to secure the post-war territorial settlement, and return normalizing relations with defeated Germany. -
Joseph Pilsudski Becomes Virtual Dictator in Poland
After three years retirement, Pilsudski staged a military coup. For the next nine years Pilsudski was the virtual dictator of Poland, Jozef Pilsudski died in 1935. -
The Spanish Monarchy is Overthrown and The Republic Is Born
The Spanish monarchy was declared overthrown and a provisional government took power. -
The final League of Nations Disarmament Conference is Held
An effort by member states of the League of Nations, together with the U.S. and the United Kingdom, to actualize the ideology of disarmament.The first effort at international arms limitation was made at the Hague Conferences , which had failed in their primary objective. -
Hitler is Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg.
