March 1919

The Allies continue their deliberations in Paris while a hungry Germany sees further clashes between Spartacists and the Freikorps. Egypt revolts against its British master. A pro-Bolshevik regime comes to power in Hungary: is communism spreading across Europe?

2/3/1919 Preparing for world revolution: the first congress of the CommunistInternational

6/3/1919 More clashes in Berlin between the Spartacists andFreikorps

6/3/1919 Sinn Féin prisonersreleased

7/3/1919 Germany continues to gohungry

9/3/1919 Unrest in Egypt: British heavy-handedness sparksrevolution

12/3/1919 The Freikorps crush the Spartacistsagain

14/3/1919 Keeping Germany weak and Francestrong

18/3/1919 Egypt spirals out of Britishcontrol

18/3/1919 Disputes over the Rhineland and Germany’sfleet

18/3/1919 Red Armyblues

22/3/1919 Revolution in Hungary: a Soviet Republicproclaimed

26/3/1919 The first food shipment arrives inGermany

28/3/1919 Tense negotiations in Paris over Germany’s westernfrontiers

Communists celebrating the Hungarian revolution (Medium: In 1919 there was a state which lived only 133 days)

Egyptian demonstrators (Egyptian Revolution: 1919 Revolution)

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