The Interwar Years

  • The Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
  • The Bolsheviks

    The Bolsheviks win the Russian War
  • Mussolini and his fascists take power in italy

    The former Tsarist Russian Empire becomes the Union of soviet socialists republics (USSR)
  • Hilter attempts to seize power

    Hitler attempts to seize power in Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch.
  • The Nazis

    The Nazis win only 3 per cent of votes in German elections
  • Car ownership

    Almost one in five people own a car in the US
  • The Great Depression Begins

  • Australian Government

    Under the Melbourne agreement, Australian governments agree to cut spending
  • Unemployment drops

    Unemployment reaches its peak in the worst year of the depression
  • Power Gained

    Hilter and the Nazis gain power in Germany
  • League of Nation loose members

    Germany and Japan leave the League of Nations.
  • Italy Invades

    Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
  • Spanish Civil War

    The Spanish Civil war begins
  • Japan Invades China

  • World War 2 begins

    Germany invades Poland and World War II begins.