Interwar period
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The Interwar period was the turbulent era between World War I and World War II marked by political upheaval, economic crises, and the rise of totalitarian regimes across Europe and beyond.
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| instanceOf |
20th-century era
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historical period → |
| alsoKnownAs |
inter-war years
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interwar years → |
| causeOf |
conditions leading to World War II
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| definedBy |
period between the armistice of 1918 and the outbreak of war in 1939
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| endTime |
1939
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| follows |
World War I
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| hasCharacteristic |
economic crisis
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ideological polarization → political instability → rise of totalitarianism → territorial revisionism → weak international order → |
| hasPart |
Anschluss of Austria
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Chinese Civil War (early phase) → First Austrian Republic → First Czechoslovak Republic → Great Depression → Irish Civil War → Irish War of Independence → Italian invasion of Albania → Japanese invasion of Manchuria → Kellogg–Briand Pact era → League of Nations era → Locarno Era → Munich Agreement crisis → Nazi–Soviet Pact negotiations → New Deal era in the United States → Polish–Soviet War → Roaring Twenties → Second Italo-Ethiopian War → Second Polish Republic → Spanish Civil War → Stalinist industrialization → Washington Naval Conference period → Weimar Republic era → hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic → occupation of the Ruhr → remilitarization of the Rhineland → rise of Fascist Italy → rise of Imperial Japan → rise of Nazi Germany → rise of authoritarian regimes in Eastern Europe → rise of communist movements → rise of far-right movements in Europe → rise of militarism in Japan → rise of the Soviet Union → |
| location |
Africa
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Asia → Europe → Latin America → North America → |
| mainConflict |
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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Sino-Japanese conflict → Spanish Civil War → |
| mainEconomicEvent |
Great Depression
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global trade contraction → post–World War I reconstruction → |
| mainIdeology |
Nazism
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communism → fascism → liberal democracy → militarism → |
| mainPoliticalDevelopment |
appeasement policy
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collapse of empires → consolidation of the Soviet Union → creation of the League of Nations → redrawing of European borders → rise of Nazism → rise of fascism → |
| precedes |
World War II
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| significantEvent |
Beer Hall Putsch
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Indian independence movement escalation → Kristallnacht → May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom → Night of the Long Knives → Wall Street Crash of 1929 → early development of aviation and civil air travel → founding of the Republic of Turkey → rise of mass culture and radio → |
| significantOrganization |
Chinese Communist Party
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Comintern → Imperial Japanese Army → Kuomintang → League of Nations → National Fascist Party → Nazi Party → |
| significantTreaty |
Kellogg–Briand Pact
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Locarno Treaties → Treaty of Lausanne → Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye → Treaty of Sèvres → Treaty of Trianon → Treaty of Versailles → |
| startTime |
1918
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