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  1. Interwar France covers the political, economic, diplomatic, cultural and social history of France from 1918 to 1939. France suffered heavily during World War I in terms of lives lost, disabled veterans and ruined agricultural and industrial areas occupied by Germany as well as heavy borrowing from the United States, Britain, and the French ...

  2. Interwar period. Silesia tension between the Poles and Germans. 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).

  3. The interwar years. German reparations; Financial crisis; Collective security; Internal conflict on the left; The Great Depression and political crises; German aggressions; Society and culture under the Third Republic. Economy; Cultural and scientific attainments; France since 1940. Wartime France. The Vichy government; The Resistance ...

  4. Steel production, a good indication of the status of heavy industry, was more than cut in half, and both agriculture and industry fell into serious decline after the war. The value of the franc fell by about 50 percent during 1919, the first year of peace. To pay off bondholders, France was forced to borrow at extremely high short-term rates.

  5. Jan 23, 2024 · France. Greece. Aug 1936. Iceland. Italy. Oct 1992. Ireland. Latvia. May 1934. Luxemburg. Lithuania. Dec 1926. Netherlands. Poland. May 1926. Norway. Portugal. May 1926. Sweden. Romania. Feb 1938. Switzerland. Spain. July 1936. United Kingdom. Yugoslavia. Jan 1929

  6. History of Europe - Interwar Years, WWI, WWII: Woodrow Wilson’s vision of a general association of nations took shape in the League of Nations, founded in 1920. Its basic constitution was the Covenant—Wilson’s word, chosen, as he said, “because I am an old Presbyterian.” The Covenant was embodied in the Versailles and other peace treaties. The League’s institutions, established in ...

  7. Perusing the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the war in June 1919, he stood up from the table and declared that it wasn’t a peace at all, but a mere “twenty year’s armistice.”. Signing of the German surrender in Reims, American Headquarters. From left to right: Major Wilhelm Oxenius (Colonel General Jodl's ...

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