Post on 28-Mar-2022
1918 11th November
The Armistice is signed, ending the First World
war
1919 January
Paris Peace Conference to set
after war terms for the defeated central
powers
1919 June
Treaty of Versailles signed: Germany huge penalties
1919
The Polish- Soviet War
begins
1920 January
First meeting of the newly
formed League of Nations.
1920 August
The Treaty of Sevres signed with Turkey
(Liquidates the Ottoman Empire)
pire)
1921
Poland invades
Vilna
1921
The LON helps to solve the
Aaland Island Crisis
1921 March
The LON divides Upper Silesia between
Germany and Poland
1922 August
The Washington Naval Agreement
(Limited countries abilities in creating an arms race.)
1922 October
Benito Mussolini becomes dictator in Italy after his March on Rome
1922-1923
Economic Collapse in Austria- Hungary
1923 July
The Treaty of Lausanne overturns Treaty of
Sevres
1923 August
The Corfu Crisis (Between Greece and
Italy)
1925 October
The Greek- Bulgarian Dispute
1925 October-December
The Locarno Treaties
(Outlined territory in Europe)
1926
Germany joins the League of
Nations
1928 August
The Kellogg- Briand Pact
(promise to resolve disputes without war)
1929 October
The Wall Street Crash leads to
Global Depression
1931 September
The Mukden Incident-
(Japan invades Manchuria)
1933 January
Hitler becomes Chancellor of
Germany
1933 October
Hitler LEAVES The Disarmament
Conference
1934 July
The Nazi party in Austria assassinate
the Austrian Chancellor, Dollfuss
1934 September
The USSR joins the League of
Nations
1935 January
The Saar Plebiscite (Saar
re-joins Germany)
1935 March
Hitler displays his ‘Luftwaffe’ and
announces Conscription in
order to build the German Army
1935 June
The Anglo- German Naval Treaty
1935 October
Mussolini Invades
Abyssinia
1935 December
The Hoare Laval Pact is leaked to the press
(aimed to end Italo-Ethiopian War.)
1936 March
Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
(Germany)
1936 July
Outbreak of the Spanish
Civil War
1936 October
The Rome-Berlin Axis is Agreed
1936 November
Italy join the ‘Anti-Comintern Pact’ with Germany and Japan
1937 July
Japan launch full scale invasion on
China
1938 March
Hitler invades Austria to achieve ‘Anschluss’
(Unification)
1938 September
The Munich Conference (Chamberlin meets
Hitler to discuss the Sudeten Crisis)
1938 October
German troops invade and occupy
Sudetenland
1939 May
The Pact of Steel (Germany & Italy military alliance)
1939 August
The Nazi Soviet Pact
1939 September
Hitler invades Poland- Britain and France
declare war on Germany