
By the end of 1920, the world was beginning to settle down once more after the dreadful carnage of 1914-18 and its aftermath. The majority of states put their faith in the League of Nations, arms limitation agreements, and the redrawn map of Europe as the means of preventing any further conflict.This programme shows how early optimism was dashed by the economic collapse, and how new and sinister forces arose which would soon engulf the world again.* Stalin versus Trotsky * Mussolini and the March on Rome* The Nazis seize Power * Japan overruns Manchuria
