April-June 2019 - 20th Century: Between Wars (1919-1938)
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1majkia
Politically:
June 28, 1919: The treaty of Versailles.
November 1920: The First Meeting of the League of Nations
October 30, 1922: Benito Mussolini is Made Italian Premier King Victor Emmanuel declares Mussolini premier in an attempt to head off violent conflict between the Fascists and the Communists.
November 9, 1923: The Beer Hall Putsch Adolf Hitler and General Ludendorf, a World War One hero, lead a small contingent of followers in a harmless, comical attempt at rebellion, for which Hitler is imprisoned for two years.
January 21, 1924: Vladimir Lenin Dies Lenin's death leaves some question as to who will be his successor.
Joseph Stalin eventually beats out Leon Trotsky to take control of the Soviet government.
May 11, 1924: The Cartel des Gauches wins the French Election The Cartel displaces the ruling Bloc National, in a marked victory for the left, but proves unable to govern effectively.
August 27, 1924: The German Chamber of Deputies Accepts the Dawes Plan The Dawes Plan restructures the schedule of German reparations payments so as to reduce the amount of annual payments, and grants Germany a large loan.
December 1, 1925: The Locarno Pacts are Signed The Locarno Pacts are signed in efforts to stabilize relations with Germany and its neighbors. The pacts usher in a period of peace and prosperity.
1926: Joseph Pilsudski Becomes Virtual Dictator in Poland Pilsudski maintains this position until his death in May 1935
March 1926: The Samuel Commission in England Releases Its Report on Coal Mining The Samuel Commission, under the Conservative government, releases a report which advises wage cuts for miners. The Triple Alliance responds by striking, which is emulated by many other industries in England to protest he Conservative government's policies.
April 14, 1931: The Spanish Monarchy is Overthrown and The Republic Is Born A provisional government is established to take Spain from monarchy to republicanism.
1932: General Gyula Gombos Comes to Power in Hungary
1933 - 1934: 1,140,000 Communist Party Members are Expelled by Stalin Stalin's Central Purge Commission, created in 1933, publicly investigates and tries many party members for treason as Stalin seeks to rid the party of opposition.
January 30, 1933: Hitler is Appointed Chancellor of Germany In an attempt to reel in the chaos of the German government, President Paul von Hindenburg declares Hitler chancellor, the first major step in Hitler's ascent to dictatorship.
March 23, 1933: The German Reichstag Passes the Enabling Act The Enabling Act gives Hitler the power to issue decrees with the status of law.
June 3, 1936: Leon Blum's Popular Front Government Comes to Power in France. The Popular Front, a leftist party, institutes social legislation and allows wide public participation in the government, but ultimately fails to curtail the depreciating economy.
July 17, 1936: The Spanish Nationalists Begin the Spanish Civil War Generals Goded, Mola, and Francisco Franco lead troops in rebellion against the republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.
April 25, 1937: Spanish Nationalists Bomb Guernica The small northern town of Guernica is bombed, and civilians are gunned down as they flee the scene. In this brutal massacre 1500 die and 800 are wounded, but the military targets in the town remain intact.
September 18, 1938: The Munich Pact is Signed Britain and France appease Hitler by signing the Munich Pact, which grants Hitler control of the Czech Sudetenland.
March 30, 1939: The Spanish Civil War Ends Madrid falls to Francisco Franco's forces, effectively ending the Spanish Civil War. Franco's oppressive dictatorship begins.
September 3, 1939: Britain and France Declare War on Germany In response to Hitler's continued aggression in Eastern Europe, Britain and France go to war with Germany in an attempt to stop Hitler's bid for global hegemony.
_____
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
1926: Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan.
1927 - the first talkie movie "The Jazz Singer" released
1928 - discovery of penicillin
1937 - Japan invades China
Nota Bena: January 25, 1939
A uranium atom is split for the first time at Columbia University in the United States.
For possible reads see: https://www.librarything.com/tag/interwar
Don't forget to update the wiki with your reading: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php?title=Reading_Through_Time_Quarterly_The...
June 28, 1919: The treaty of Versailles.
November 1920: The First Meeting of the League of Nations
October 30, 1922: Benito Mussolini is Made Italian Premier King Victor Emmanuel declares Mussolini premier in an attempt to head off violent conflict between the Fascists and the Communists.
November 9, 1923: The Beer Hall Putsch Adolf Hitler and General Ludendorf, a World War One hero, lead a small contingent of followers in a harmless, comical attempt at rebellion, for which Hitler is imprisoned for two years.
January 21, 1924: Vladimir Lenin Dies Lenin's death leaves some question as to who will be his successor.
Joseph Stalin eventually beats out Leon Trotsky to take control of the Soviet government.
May 11, 1924: The Cartel des Gauches wins the French Election The Cartel displaces the ruling Bloc National, in a marked victory for the left, but proves unable to govern effectively.
August 27, 1924: The German Chamber of Deputies Accepts the Dawes Plan The Dawes Plan restructures the schedule of German reparations payments so as to reduce the amount of annual payments, and grants Germany a large loan.
December 1, 1925: The Locarno Pacts are Signed The Locarno Pacts are signed in efforts to stabilize relations with Germany and its neighbors. The pacts usher in a period of peace and prosperity.
1926: Joseph Pilsudski Becomes Virtual Dictator in Poland Pilsudski maintains this position until his death in May 1935
March 1926: The Samuel Commission in England Releases Its Report on Coal Mining The Samuel Commission, under the Conservative government, releases a report which advises wage cuts for miners. The Triple Alliance responds by striking, which is emulated by many other industries in England to protest he Conservative government's policies.
April 14, 1931: The Spanish Monarchy is Overthrown and The Republic Is Born A provisional government is established to take Spain from monarchy to republicanism.
1932: General Gyula Gombos Comes to Power in Hungary
1933 - 1934: 1,140,000 Communist Party Members are Expelled by Stalin Stalin's Central Purge Commission, created in 1933, publicly investigates and tries many party members for treason as Stalin seeks to rid the party of opposition.
January 30, 1933: Hitler is Appointed Chancellor of Germany In an attempt to reel in the chaos of the German government, President Paul von Hindenburg declares Hitler chancellor, the first major step in Hitler's ascent to dictatorship.
March 23, 1933: The German Reichstag Passes the Enabling Act The Enabling Act gives Hitler the power to issue decrees with the status of law.
June 3, 1936: Leon Blum's Popular Front Government Comes to Power in France. The Popular Front, a leftist party, institutes social legislation and allows wide public participation in the government, but ultimately fails to curtail the depreciating economy.
July 17, 1936: The Spanish Nationalists Begin the Spanish Civil War Generals Goded, Mola, and Francisco Franco lead troops in rebellion against the republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.
April 25, 1937: Spanish Nationalists Bomb Guernica The small northern town of Guernica is bombed, and civilians are gunned down as they flee the scene. In this brutal massacre 1500 die and 800 are wounded, but the military targets in the town remain intact.
September 18, 1938: The Munich Pact is Signed Britain and France appease Hitler by signing the Munich Pact, which grants Hitler control of the Czech Sudetenland.
March 30, 1939: The Spanish Civil War Ends Madrid falls to Francisco Franco's forces, effectively ending the Spanish Civil War. Franco's oppressive dictatorship begins.
September 3, 1939: Britain and France Declare War on Germany In response to Hitler's continued aggression in Eastern Europe, Britain and France go to war with Germany in an attempt to stop Hitler's bid for global hegemony.
_____
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
1926: Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan.
1927 - the first talkie movie "The Jazz Singer" released
1928 - discovery of penicillin
1937 - Japan invades China
Nota Bena: January 25, 1939
A uranium atom is split for the first time at Columbia University in the United States.
For possible reads see: https://www.librarything.com/tag/interwar
Don't forget to update the wiki with your reading: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php?title=Reading_Through_Time_Quarterly_The...
2Tess_W
I have had Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston on my shelf for years. It is the story of a black woman during the 1930's. This might fit the bill!
3majkia
I'll get to the next Ian Rutledge book I'm sure. It's a series about a shell shocked man attempting to rebuild his life and career.
4This-n-That
I own The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor and think it might work for this theme. It has a dual-timeline but after looking through the table of contents, it seems to have enough of the story set during 1939 1938 to qualify.
5Tess_W
I actually read Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. This book was published in 1934 and the storyline (according to the newspaper front pages) took place in 1930. I killed 2 birds with one stone: finished a classic and also it fits in this category! This was only my second Christie read and better than my first. (And Then There Were None) Meh--an average read for me. 304 pages 3 stars
6kac522
I also read an Agatha Christie: The Man in the Brown Suit (1924), which includes political intrigue in South Africa. Apparently it was inspired/written during a trip that included South Africa with her first husband.
7majkia
I"m most of the way through A Long Shadow by harles Todd.
8Familyhistorian
The action in So Much Life Left Over takes place between the first and second World Wars. Those that were young during WWI were affected by the upheaval of that time. That trauma was brought forward into the relationships they formed after the war often leading to fractures and dissociation. Maybe that is what happens when you have given your life up for lost and then unexpectedly survive.
10This-n-That
>9 majkia: Thank You! :-)
11MissWatson
Das hündische Herz by Michail Bulgakov fits here, as it was written in 1925 and is also set there.
12countrylife
My reads for Between the Wars:
Death at Wentwater Court, Carola Dunn, murder mystery set in 1923 England
The Winter Garden Mystery, Carola Dunn, mystery, 1920s England
The Chaperone, Laura Moriarty, biographical fiction, 1920s NYC
Death of a Rainmaker, Laurie Lowenstein, murder mystery, 1930s Oklahoma
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, Hazel Gaynor, biographical fiction, (partially) 1930s, Ireland, England, Rhode Island
Favorite was The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, about Grace Darling.
Death at Wentwater Court, Carola Dunn, murder mystery set in 1923 England
The Winter Garden Mystery, Carola Dunn, mystery, 1920s England
The Chaperone, Laura Moriarty, biographical fiction, 1920s NYC
Death of a Rainmaker, Laurie Lowenstein, murder mystery, 1930s Oklahoma
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, Hazel Gaynor, biographical fiction, (partially) 1930s, Ireland, England, Rhode Island
Favorite was The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, about Grace Darling.
13marell
I traveled to England last month and visited Skeldale House and the village of Thirsk where the author, James Herriot, of All Creatures Great and Small lived and had his veterinary practice. This book covers his early years as a vet in the 1930s. I have read the entire series but after my visit I wanted to read them all again. This story is still as fresh and marvelous as the first reading.
14cindydavid4
The author of this book died last month so in his honor I will reread Winds of War. I remember reading it in HS and loving it, but what I remember is somewhat shadowed by images of the movie adaptation. So it will be like reading a new book!
15Tess_W
>13 marell: Small world: I went to school (The Ohio State University) with James Herriot's granddaughter; who was a music major. We were not friends, but I did sit with her and chatted hen we found ourselves on the tram together.
18cfk
I just completed "A Divided Loyalty" by Charles Todd for the Early Reviews and it is one of the author's best!
Inspector Rutledge is sent to review a senior colleague's unsolved case in Avebury. An unidentified young woman's body is found in a ditch surrounding a prehistoric circle. His slow, but steady review of the evidence leads him through a complex series of discoveries. There are two attempts on his life, one of which leaves an innocent woman dead, followed by a second body in the general area of the first. Rutledge's investigation leads him to suspect the original investigator, a well respected senior colleague.
Inspector Rutledge is sent to review a senior colleague's unsolved case in Avebury. An unidentified young woman's body is found in a ditch surrounding a prehistoric circle. His slow, but steady review of the evidence leads him through a complex series of discoveries. There are two attempts on his life, one of which leaves an innocent woman dead, followed by a second body in the general area of the first. Rutledge's investigation leads him to suspect the original investigator, a well respected senior colleague.
