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In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political, military, and economic changes throughout the world.
Gerhard Besier, Katarzyna Stokłosa, European Dictatorships: A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 2014, ISBN 9781443855211 Carles Boix, Michael K. Miller, Sebastian Rosato (December 2013), "A Complete Dataset of Political Regimes, 1800–2007", Comparative Political Studies 46/12, pp. 1523–1554 (subscription required)
In the post-war period, it even had some influence on French and Italian politics. [125] Stalin and Ribbentrop shaking hands after the signing of the pact in Moscow in August 1939. In 1938–1939, the Soviet Union attempted to form strong military alliances with Germany's enemies, including France, and Great Britain.
The First Austrian Republic (German: Erste Österreichische Republik), officially the Republic of Austria, was created after the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 September 1919—the settlement after the end of World War I which ended the Habsburg rump state of Republic of German-Austria—and ended with the establishment of the Austrofascist Federal State of Austria based ...
The Pact of Friendship, Neutrality, and Nonaggression between Italy and the Soviet Union, also known as the Italo-Soviet Pact, was a nonaggression pact between the Soviet Union and Italy. Signed on 2 September 1933, [ 1 ] the agreement was in place until 22 June 1941, when Italy declared war on the Soviet Union at the beginning of the German ...
The history of interwar Poland comprises the period from the revival of the independent Polish state in 1918, until the Invasion of Poland from the West by Nazi Germany in 1939 at the onset of World War II, followed by the Soviet Union from the East two weeks later.
The general strike marked the end a period of industrial strife: after the strike the number of days lost to strikes fell and trade union membership declined. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Baldwin pleaded for "Safety First" during the 1929 general election but the result was a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party.
The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within (2nd ed. Harvard UP 1992) 570 pp. Laqueur, Walter (1987). The Fate of the Revolution. New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-18903-8. Kort, Michael. The Soviet Colossus: History and Aftermath (7th ed. 2010) 502 pp. McCauley, Martin. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (2007), 522 pp.