June 1919

Germany reluctantly agrees the Allied terms and signs the peace treaty in Versailles, five years to the day after Archduke Ferdinand’s murder plunged Europe into war.

1/6/1919 The Rhineland Revolt: a farcical attempt to detach the Rhineland fromGermany

2/6/1919 Austria’s peace terms: no moresubmarines

3/6/1919 At Lloyd George’s behest, the Allies agree on a plebiscite to decide Upper Silesia’sfuture

7/6/1919 SetteGiugno: Unrest in Malta, killings by Britishtroops

9/6/1919 De Valera courts American opinion, but Lloyd George blocks consideration of the Irish question inParis

13/6/1919 The pendulum swings against the Red Army in Ukraine and southRussia

14/6/1919 Race riots inCardiff

15/6/1919 Alcock and Brown conquer theAtlantic

15/6/1919 The Austrian authorities strike against Communist would-berevolutionaries

16/6/1919 An ultimatum to Germany: sign the peace treaty or face renewedwar

17/6/1919 The Epsom riots: rampage of theCanadians

17/6/1919 Turkey’s prime minister fails to charm the ParisConference

19/6/1919 Another defeat for the Red Army as Tsaritsyn…