List of Interwar military aircraft

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Interwar military aircraft are military aircraft that were developed and used between World War I and World War II, also known as the Golden Age of Aviation.

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For the purposes of this list this is defined as aircraft that entered service into any country's military after the armistice on 11 November 1918 and before the Invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939.

Aircraft are listed alphabetically by their country of origin. Civilian aircraft modified for military use are included but those that remained primarily civilian aircraft are not.

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Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Hungary

Italy

Japan

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Siam

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

United Kingdom

United States

Yugoslavia

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