Post 1918

1919

Demobilization of the armies.

1919-1921

Russian civil war fails to unseat the Bolsheviks.

January 10-15, 1919, A coup launched by German revolutionaries in Berlin is suppressed by paramilitary units.

January 15, German socialist rebels Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg are murdered.

February, Allies' military intervention in Russia is secretly agreed to.

June 28, Peace Treaty signed by German delegates and Allies in Versailles.

July 19, The Cenotaph is unveiled in London.

August-September, Woodrow Wilson brings his campaign for the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles to the American people.

1920-1922

War cemeteries created on the fronts; war memorials dedicated in villages and cities at home.

March 19, 1920, The Senate fails to ratify the Treaty.

April, Disgruntled officers fail in an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic.

November 11, The Unknown Warrior is buried in Westminster Abbey, London.

March 1921

Food aid helps save millions of famine victims in Russia.

1924-1925
Adolf Hitler imprisoned for sedition; writes Mein Kampf

1933
January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler named Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg.

1933
September 2, 1939, Second World War begins