Questions tagged [interwar]
The period from the end of WWI (Nov 1918) to the beginning of WWII (Sept 1939).
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What are the 'mushroom trusts' referenced in Churchill's "Second World War"?
It is in a section where he is referring to the collapse of the German economy during and after hyperinflation…
p.10 The Gathering Storm – The Follies of the Victors 1919–1929
Here is the passage that ...
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Why were so many Soviet films shot in 1938–39 about a future German invasion?
Why were so many Soviet films about an anticipated Nazi German invasion into the USSR shot in 1938–1939, both before the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and after it?
Before the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact Nazi ...
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Why would anyone from Japan be in Northern India in early 1900s?
I am trying to write a fictional history novel.
Can someone tell me why a young man from a wealthy, samurai family from Japan would be in Northern India in the early 1900s (after WW1, before WWII).
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Did Muslim women in colonial India before 1939 have to become Christian to divorce?
Muslim Law in India in 1939 did not accept a women's right to divorce before the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939.
Prior to the enactment of this Act, 1939 (DMMA), conversion of either spouse ...
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Did Imperial Japan persecute Slavic people, as European fascists did?
Over the interwar period, fascist governments in Europe heavily promoted anti-Slavic propaganda. In Germany, they were labelled as Untermensch alongside the Jews, and in Italy, Slavic media, languages,...
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How did Austrian paramilitary organisations amass weapons during the interwar period?
According to Wikipedia, the Austrian Social Democrats and their allies had
over 2,500 rifles,
250 revolvers,
1,500 hand grenades, and
10,000 rounds of ammunition
in February 1934.
How did they (and ...
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How were steam turbines typically manufactured in the interwar period (1918 - 1939)
Steam turbines are large rotating machinery, with many blades, that convert steam power into rotary motion. In the interwar period, 1918 - 1939, they were used principally in power plants and naval ...
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Was it customary for young upper-middle class women to chew gum in public in German-speaking Europe?
I'm writing a fiction work and there is a scene about a young, well-educated, but stormy woman, willing to stretch the boundaries of what's allowed. I'm thinking about making her chew gum in public. ...
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What education was required for a woman to become a teacher in pre-WWII Germany?
When a woman wanted to become a teacher in Germany of the first half of 20th century, she had to
attend a preparatory school for 2 years (Präparandenanstalt), and then
spend 3-6 years at a female ...
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Why did the Austrofascists fight with the National Socialists and vice versa?
In another question I mentioned that the Austrofascists fought the National Socialists. Why? Did they have any important ideological differences?
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Were there revolts in or escapes from the Austrofascist camps?
During Austrofascism there were
internment camps (Anhaltelager, see German Wikipedia), in which
political prisoners were kept (National Socialists, Socialists, Communists).
Have there been any
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Was it common for unmarried couples to live in the same hotel room in Europe of the 1930es?
Imagine an unmarried couple in their mid-twenties, both educated (teachers).
They live in Vienna of the early 1930es (before the Anschluss).
Was it acceptable for them to book one hotel room and ...
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How accurate was the depiction of the Japanese Canadian community in the movie Vancouver Asahi?
In the movie "Vancouver Asahi", it is shown that
Japanese Canadians in Vancouver lived in their ethnic neighborhood and did not mingle with white Canadians at work.
second generation "Nisei" people ...
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Why was most of Europe against communism right from the start?
In "Dark Continent" by M. Mazower, I read the following with regards to the 1920s:
In the first place, democracy’s international backers were less supportive as time passed. Woodrow Wilson’s legacy ...
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Why did Paul von Hindenburg wrongly call Adolf Hitler "Bohemian corporal"?
Paul von Hindenburg didn't like Adolf Hitler because he was a low-ranked individual from the poor/low class. He called him mockingly "Bohemian corporal".
However in reality Adolf Hitler was not ...
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How did the German royal families lose power so quickly in 1918? What happened to them afterwards?
Before 1918, Germany was a federal empire. According to this Wikipedia article,
The German Empire consisted of 27 constituent territories, with most being ruled by royal families. This included ...
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Are there any antisemitic caricatures from France during the interwar period?
I am looking for antisemitic caricatures in France between the two World Wars.
I can find examples both from before and after, e.g. ones related to the Dreyfus case, but none during this period.
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What was the first broadcast television programme?
Was it The Queen's Messenger or The Man with the Flower in his Mouth?
IMDB claims that The Queen's Messenger was the first, but I've always understood it was The Man with the Flower in his Mouth. So ...
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