Time Line
1918 The First World War comes to an end
1919 The Paris Peace Conference is held where Allied leaders met and drew up Treaty of Versailles and other peace treaties
1920 The League of Nations set up to sort out disputes between nations fairly
1923 Crisis in Germany occurs while France invades the Ruhr and inflation makes money worthless
1925 The Locator Treaties: Germany seems to accept the Treaty of Versailles
1926 Germany joins the League
1928 The Kellogg-Briand Pact is passed which allows most nations to agree not to go to war to settle international disputes
1929 The Wall Street Crash, followed by worldwide economic depression
1931-1933 Manchurian Crisis occurs. As a result, Japan begins building a pacific empire
1933 Japan leaves the League, Hitler becomes the leader of Germany and Germany leaves the League
1933-1935 Germany rearms
1935-1936 Abyssinian Crisis hits and Italy invades Abyssinia
1936 German troops enter the Rhineland
1937 Italy leaves the League
1938 Chamberlain's policy of appeasement culminates in the Munich agreement
1939 Germany invades Poland. As a result, World War 2 begins