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1925
 
   
The Central Committee of the USSR removes Trotsky from his influential post as War Commissar      
1925
 
    
A Protocol signed in Geneva probibits the use in warfare of poisonous gas and bacteriological weapons       
1925
 
   
The German navy adapts a civilian encryption machine, Enigma, for military purposes      
1926
 
    
Russian World War I pilot Sergey Ilyushin begins a distinguished career as an aircraft designer       
1927
 
     
The Scottish National War Memorial, designed by Robert Lorimer, is unveiled in Edinburgh Castle        
1928
 
     
Beijing falls to Kuomintang forces, extending the rule of Jiang Jieshi's National Government into the north of China        
1928
 
    
Stephen V. Benét publishes a verse narrative of the Civil War under the title John Brown's Body       
1928
 
     
The Kellogg-Briand Pact is drawn up by the US and France as a pledge to renounce war        
1928
 
    
Set in a World War I trench, the play Journey's End reflects the wartime experiences of its British author, R.C. Sherriff       
1930
 
    
The Irish National War Memorial opens in Dublin, designed by Edwin Lutyens in a garden setting