1923 CE

The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing over 100,000 and leveling much of the region; the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey under the Treaty of Lausanne forcibly relocates 1.5 million people, reshaping both nations’ demographics; Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic renders the German mark nearly worthless, causing widespread economic and social upheaval; the Occupation of the Ruhr by French and Belgian forces begins over World War I reparations, worsening political unrest and the economic crisis; the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich sees Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party fail to seize power, shaping Hitler’s future strategy; and the Second Italo-Senussi War ends with Italian consolidation of Libya, completing their colonial ambitions in North Africa.

In the 1920s, the 20th century.