Interwar period
The interwar period was a time in history from 9 November 1918 to 1 September 1939, between the two world wars, World War I and World War II.
The period began with many changes internationally. The League of Nations was created, which was made to bring peace to the world, but did not prevent problems with Nazi Germany, which soon left the League. Also occurred was the growing threat of Japan, which invaded China. Soon the Soviet Union and Italy had begun to rise as international powers. All of that happened in the 21 years and soon triggered World War II.
Interwar Period Media
- BlankMapWorld
Bacon's standard map of Europe, 1923. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows steamship routes and time zones. Published by Weber Costello Co., 84 x 111 cm. Scale 1:5,500,000 (W 52°--E 80°/N 60°--N 30°).
Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford in 1920
Unemployed men outside a soup kitchen opened by Chicago gangster Al Capone during the Depression, 1931
Cheering crowds greet Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, 1938
The Second British Empire at its territorial peak in 1921
George V with the British and Dominion prime ministers at the 1926 Imperial Conference
The French Empire from 1919 to 1949.
Place de Varsovie in Paris during the World Expo in 1937 (Agfacolor photo).
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References
- McDonough, Frank (1997). The Origins of the First and Second World Wars. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56861-7.