The interwar period was the time between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. It began with the armistice and the peace settlements, including the Treaty of Versailles, and the creation of the League of Nations, which was intended to prevent another war. The 1920s saw reconstruction, cultural change and a period of prosperity in many countries, but the Great Depression, which began in 1929, caused severe unemployment and social unrest. Fascist and authoritarian regimes came to power in Italy, Germany and other countries, while the Soviet Union consolidated under Stalin. Rising aggression, the failure of collective security and the policy of appeasement ended in the outbreak of war in 1939.
Before and after
- from 1 November 1918 to 22 May 1919Defense of Lwów 1918–1919
- from November 1918 to March 1920Hungarian–Romanian War
- from 1 November 1918 to 17 July 1919Polish–Ukrainian War
- from 9 November 1918 to 1 January 1933Weimar Republic
- from 11 November 1918 to 11 September 1939Interwar period
- 11 November 1918Armistice of Compiègne
- from 12 November 1918 to 10 September 1919Republic of German-Austria
- from 16 November 1918 to 5 July 1945Second Polish Republic
- from 18 November 1918 to 1 March 1919Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919
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- from 10 March 1919 to 24 August 1991Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- from 29 November 1920 to 25 December 1991Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1922Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are excavated
- 11 February 1929Founding of Vatican City
- from 5 December 1936 to 9 October 1991Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
- from 10 July 1940 to 29 August 1944Vichy France
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