Scope

This timeline follows the interaction of economic crisis, authoritarian ascent, imperial revisionism, and institutional failure between the world wars.

Inclusion rule

Include events that materially changed the global economy, accelerated authoritarian rule, undermined collective security, or shifted the world toward renewed large-scale war.

Why this timeline exists

The interwar crisis was not a pause between wars. It was the unstable transition in which the failures of the first postwar settlement became visible and politically explosive.

Key phases

  • Postwar monetary breakdown and social shock
  • Financial crash and global contraction
  • Social dislocation and political radicalization
  • Authoritarian consolidation
  • Collective-security failure
  • Descent into renewed war

Anchor events