Political Leaders of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 37 people and 447 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Adolf Hitler and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Notable people

1. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

   from 1918 to 1938

   75 moments here

   Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

2. Adolf Hitler

   from 1918 to 1939

   50 moments here

   Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

   from 1918 to 1939

   50 moments here

   Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…

4. Gabriela Mistral

   from 1918 to 1939

   33 moments here

   Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…

5. Mao Zedong

   from 1919 to 1937

   23 moments here

   Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…

6. Mahatma Gandhi

   from 1918 to 1932

   22 moments here

   Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

7. Ho Chi Minh

   from 1919 to 1938

   20 moments here

   Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…

8. Vladimir Lenin

   from 1918 to 1924

   18 moments here

   Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

9. Jawaharlal Nehru

   from 1923 to 1939

   18 moments here

   Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

10. Helen Keller

    from 1925 to 1939

    18 moments here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

11. Benito Mussolini

    from 1919 to 1938

    12 moments here

    Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…

12. John F. Kennedy

    from 1920 to 1939

    11 moments here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

13. Ronald Reagan

    from 1919 to 1937

    10 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

14. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    from 1918 to 1935

    10 moments here

    Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…

15. Charles de Gaulle

    from 1918 to 1939

    9 moments here

    French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

16. Ernest Rutherford

    from 1919 to 1937

    9 moments here

    New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…

17. Golda Meir

    from 1918 to 1938

    9 moments here

    Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…

18. Nelson Mandela

    from 1918 to 1939

    7 moments here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

19. Winston Churchill

    from 1921 to 1939

    6 moments here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

20. Harry S. Truman

    from 1918 to 1935

    6 moments here

    Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

21. Joseph Stalin

    from 1918 to 1934

    5 moments here

    Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…

22. Henry Ford

    from 1918 to 1936

    5 moments here

    American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…

23. Jimmy Carter

    from 1924 to 1930

    3 moments here

    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

24. George H. W. Bush

    from 1924 to 1937

    3 moments here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

Moments

1. 1918 Assignment at Fort Leavenworth Dwight D. Eisenhower
2. 1918 Director of the Punta Arenas girls’ lycée Gabriela Mistral
3. 1918 American Jewish Congress convention Golda Meir
4. 1918 Continues medical treatment in Vienna Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
5. 1918 Moved into the Moscow Kremlin Vladimir Lenin
6. 1918 Survived Petrograd shooting Vladimir Lenin
7. 1918 Addresses Ahmedabad mill workers Mahatma Gandhi
8. 1918 Investigates Kheda conditions at Kathlal Mahatma Gandhi
9. 1918 Meets Kheda collector at Nadiad Mahatma Gandhi
10. 1918 Lodged at Hotel National Vladimir Lenin
11. 1918 Travelled to Moscow by night train Vladimir Lenin
12. 1918 Attends Delhi War Conference Mahatma Gandhi
13. 1918 Takes command assignment at Tsaritsyn Joseph Stalin
14. 1918 Receives treatment in Karlsbad Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
15. 1918 Attended the Khodynka Field parade Vladimir Lenin
16. 1918 Tours European naval bases Franklin Delano Roosevelt
17. 1918 Born at Mvezo Nelson Mandela
18. 1918 Vagabonds camping trip at Narrows Henry Ford
19. 1918 Arrives in Aleppo for the Palestine command Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
20. 1918 Establishes headquarters at Nablus Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
21. 1918 Shot outside the Michelson Plant Vladimir Lenin
22. 1918 Meuse–Argonne observation post Harry S. Truman
23. 1918 Convalesced at Gorki Vladimir Lenin
24. 1918 Sent to Pasewalk military hospital Adolf Hitler
25. 1918 Returned to Moscow after recovery Vladimir Lenin
26. 1918 Returns to Munich after hospitalization Adolf Hitler
27. 1918 Returns to occupied Constantinople Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
28. 1918 Returned to his father's home after captivity Charles de Gaulle
29. 1919 Meeting with Gabriele D'Annunzio Benito Mussolini
30. 1919 Tank battalion command at Camp Meade Dwight D. Eisenhower
31. 1919 Return to the Cavendish Laboratory Ernest Rutherford
32. 1919 Returns to Europe for naval demobilization Franklin Delano Roosevelt
33. 1919 Teaching and organizing in Changsha Mao Zedong
34. 1919 Death at Sagamore Hill Theodore Roosevelt
35. 1919 Robbed en route to Sokolniki Vladimir Lenin
36. 1919 Founding the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento Benito Mussolini
37. 1919 Addressed the First Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
38. 1919 Recorded speeches at Tsentropechat Vladimir Lenin
39. 1919 Departs Istanbul aboard Bandırma Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
40. 1919 Lands at Samsun Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
41. 1919 Moves from Samsun to Havza Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
42. 1919 Marriage to Bess Wallace Harry S. Truman
43. 1919 Arrival in Paris Ho Chi Minh
44. 1919 Arrives in Amasya Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
45. 1919 Chairs the Erzurum Congress Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
46. 1919 Resigns from the Ottoman Army in Erzurum Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
47. 1919 Returns to Tampico Ronald Reagan
48. 1919 Arrives in Sivas Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
49. 1919 Gives first DAP public speech Adolf Hitler
50. 1919 Returns to Amasya for negotiations Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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