IGCSE 1919-1939 History Timeline by Jesss

Jan-June 1919

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The Paris Peace Conference:

Allied leaders met and drew up the Treaty of Versailles, which included important terms that decreased Germany's power such as:

-Reduce German armed forces

-Germany has to pay repayments

-War guilt is put upon Germany

-Germany lost its territories

-Anschluss banned.

League of nations also created

Sep 1926

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Germany joins the League of Nations：

As part of his fulfillment policy, German foreign minister Gustav Stresemann wanted to steer Germany into the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles set up this international organization and Germany joined in September 1926.

1923

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Crisis in Germany as France invades the Ruhr and inflation makes money worthless

Under the Treaty Germany agreed to pay £6,600 million in reparations to the Allies. The first instalment of £50 million was paid in 1921, but in 1922 nothing was paid. Ebert tried to negotiate concessions from the Allies, but the French ran out of patience. In 1923 French and Belgian soldiers entered the Ruhr region and simply took what was owed to them in the form of raw materials and goods.

1925

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The Locarno Treaties: Germany appears to accept the Treaty of Versailles

Jan 1920

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The League of Nations starts work. Its task is to sort out disputes between countries fairly

A Covenant set out the aims of the League of Nations. These were:
- to discourage aggression from any nation
- to encourage countries to cooperate, especially in business and trade n to encourage nations to disarm
- to improve the living and working conditions of people in all parts of the world.

Aug 1928: The Kellogg– Briand Pact

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Kellogg-Briand Pact, (August 27, 1928), multilateral agreement attempting to eliminate war as an instrument of national policy, most nations agree not to go to war to settle their disputes. It was the most grandiose of a series of peacekeeping efforts after World War I.

Oct 1929: Stock market crash of 1929

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The Wall Street Crash leads to a worldwide economic depression. Stock market crash of 1929, a sharp decline in U.S. stock market values in 1929 that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Great Depression lasted approximately 10 years and affected both industrialized and nonindustrialized countries in many parts of the world.

1931–33: The Manchurian Crisis

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Manchurian Incident, Japan expands its Pacific empire, seizure of the Manchurian city of Mukden (now Shenyang, Liaoning province, China) by Japanese troops in 1931, which was followed by the Japanese invasion of all of Manchuria (now Northeast China) and the establishment of the Japanese-dominated state of Manchukuo (Manzhouguo) in the area. Most observers believe the incident was contrived by the Japanese army, without authorization of the Japanese government, to justify the Japanese invasion and occupation that followed. It contributed to the international isolation of Japan and is seen as a crucial event on the path to the outbreak of World War II.

Aug 1934

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On August 19, 1934, Adolf Hitler, already chancellor, is also elected president of Germany in an unprecedented consolidation of power in the short history of the republic.

He then abolish the Treaty of Versailles regulations on Germany.

1935–1936

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The Abyssinian crisis: Italy invades Abyssinia, leaving the league of nations battered and confused

Mar 1936

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German troops enter the Rhineland. 7 March 1936, German troops occupied the Rhineland, a part of Germany that bordered on France.

Dec 1937

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Italy leaves the League of Nations

Sep 1938

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Munich Agreement, (September 30, 1938), settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia.

Aug 1939

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The German-Soviet Pact was an agreement signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on August 23, 1939. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov negotiated it.

Oct 1933

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Germany out of the league of nation. Hitler began to rearm Germany and reintroduced conscription (till 1935)

Mar 1938

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Anschluss with Austria, approved by 99% of Austria citzens

Apr 1935

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Stresa conference. Held at Stresa on Lake Maggiore in Italy, it proposed measures to counter Hitler's open rearmament of Germany in defiance of the Versailles Peace Settlement. Together these countries formed the “Stresa Front” against German aggression, but their decisions were never implemented.

Jun 1935

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Anglo-German naval agreement. The Agreement between Germany and Great Britain signed on 18 June 1935 limiting the size of the German Navy to 35 percent, later abondoned by Hitler in April 1939

Dec 1935

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Hoare laval pact.Hoare-Laval Pact, (1935) secret plan to offer Benito Mussolini most of Ethiopia (then called Abyssinia) in return for a truce in the Italo-Ethiopian War. Signed between France , Italy and Britain.

Nov 1937

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The Anti-Comintern Pact, officially the Agreement against the Communist International was an anti-Communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan on 25 November 1936 and was directed against the Communist International.

Sep 1940

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Tripartite Pact, agreement concluded by Germany, Italy, and Japan on September 27, 1940, one year after the start of World War II. It created a defense alliance between the countries and was largely intended to deter the United States from entering the conflict.

Sep 1939

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With the pact in effect, Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention. On September 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany. They were fulfilling a promise they had made five months earlier to protect Poland’s borders. On September 17, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east.