Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, concluded a The British and French governments, their eyes now fully opened to the nature of the German threat, warned Hitler that they would come to Poland’s aid if he invaded. The period between the two World Wars is truly fascinating so I was excited to watch this series. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic single handed in one, and Wiley Post flew his around the world twice. MODEL NOT YET AVAILABLE. It shared many common features with the larger aircraft including its tapered wings, streamlined fairings and the Gipsy Six engine, but it demonstrated none of the operational vices of the larger aircraft and went on to become perhaps the most successful British-built commercial passenger aircraft of the 1930s. The Turks, under their nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal Pasha, eventually drove the Greeks out, abolished the sultanate, and established a republic, with a new capital in Ankara, in the centre of the country (Istanbul lay on its European periphery).In 1923, the Allies signed the Treaty of Lausanne with Turkey.
The local Arabs were soon rioting against the immigration of Jews into Palestine, and right up to the outbreak of World War II the British were caught in the cross-fire between Jews and Arabs, able to maintain order only with the greatest difficulty.To the south, the Allies had installed Sharif Hussein as king of Arabia in 1916. The Monocoupe was manufactured from 1927-9 by Velie Motors Corporation (founded by Willard L. Velie, maternal grandson of John Deere). Franco’s forces were aided by German and Italian troops and aircraft, who used the war to test new weapons; in the process they formed an alliance, which Japan joined in 1940 – the “Axis”. A Plebiscite would then decide its future.
It had been particularly hard hit by the war, suffering very high casualties in the Alpine battles it had fought, and had experiencing a string of defeats.
Elected politicians seemed quite unable – unwilling, even – to find solutions, and in country after country populist strong men took power.
To no avail. This would lead (in 1937) to the introduction of a new federal system of government, giving Indians much greater control than before.These years also saw the groundwork being laid for the post-World War II division between India and Pakistan with the increasing prominence of Muhammed Jinnah’s Muslim League, which was increasing at variance with the Hindu-dominated Congress Party.As noted above, the end of the war found much of the Middle East occupied by British forces and then assigned to the rule of Britain and France as League of Nation Mandate territories. This was played to a rhythm emphasising the off-beat, and is associated with Big Bands making a vibrant wall of sound.
The figure had not been agreed at Versailles, but in 1921 an Allied Commission fixed the amount at £6.6 billion, a colossal sum for those days. The Devastator was perfectly acceptable aircraft by prewar standards, but it came on the scene when change was occurring rapidly. The Ford Trimotor was primarily designed as a passenger aircraft, capable of flying up to 10 passengers. MODEL NOT YET AVAILABLE. These territorial changes left some 6 million Germans living outside the German state.Germany also lost her overseas colonies in Africa, China and the Pacific, to be administered as League of Nation ‘mandates’ until given independence.The German leaders had not been invited to take part in the discussions at the peace conference, but they believed that the terms would not be too harsh. The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built single engine, single seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.