12th September 1919
Italian nationalists led by Gabriele D’Annunzio (center with stick) occupies the city of Fiume (Rijeka, Croatia), seeking to have Italy annex it. The occupation inspires the rise of Italian Fascism.
British government bans the Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament) and the political party Sinn Féin, forcing the organizations underground. British troops raiding Sinn Féin headquarters.
Edward, Prince of Wales, reviewing Canadian troops at Saskatoon, Canada.
As an army political agent, Adolf Hitler was sent to report on an emerging far-right group, the German Workers' Party (later renamed the Nazi Party). Finding he agreed with their nationalist, anti-Semitic beliefs, he joins the obscure group as its seventh member.
