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1919-1939
Date	Events	Churchill
1919	Treaty of Versailles League of Nations established	Churchill visits Peace conference in Paris
1920		Churchill becomes Secretary of State for the Colonies
1921
1922	Chanak Crisis Fall of Lloyd George coalition	Churchill loses seat at Dundee
1923		Churchill publishes The World Crisis, his history of the Great War
1924	Conservatives win General Election Baldwin Prime Minister	Churchill elected MP (Independent) for Epping and appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1925	Britain returns to the Gold Standard
1926	General Strike	Churchill runs anti-strike newspaper the British Gazette during the General Strike
1927
1928
1929	Conservatives lose General Election Labour Government under Ramsay MacDonald October: Wall Street Crash	Churchill quarrels with Conservative leaders over tariffs Loses a fortune in the Wall Street Crash
1930
1931	Economic crisis Formation of National Government Britain abandons Gold Standard	Churchill seriously injured in car accident in New York
1932	Roosevelt elected US President	Churchill's first speech about danger of a new war in Europe Visits Germany to research his biography of his ancestor, the 18th century Duke of Marlborough
1933	Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Oxford Union "King and Country" debate	Churchill speaks against defence cuts and calls for a stronger RAF
1934	"Night of the Long Knives" in Germany. Baldwin promises parity in air power with Germany	Churchill's first major speech on air defence
1935	Anglo- German Naval Agreement India Act Baldwin Prime Minister General Election - Conservatives win Italians invade Abyssinia Peace Ballot	Churchill appointed to Air Defence Research Committee
1936	Abdication Crisis March: Reoccupation of the Rhineland July: Spanish Civil War breaks out November: Rome-Berlin Axis	Churchill supports Edward VIII's right to remain king Addresses rally at the Albert Hall in support of rearmament and the League of Nations
1937	Neville Chamberlain Prime Minister
1938	February: Eden resigns as Foreign Secretary March: Anschluss September: Sudetenland crisis and the Munich Conference October: Oxford by-election	Churchill denounces Munich settlement Attempt to de-select him at Epping
1939	March: Germany occupies Czechoslovakia May: Pact of Steel between Germany and Italy August: Nazi-Soviet Pact September: German invasion of Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany	September: Churchill appointed First Lord of the Admiralty