World War II Timeline By slaam Nov 11, 1918 End of WW1 Oct 16, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 1, 1922 Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy Feb 1, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Mar 1, 1922 Mussolini takes over in Italy Jan 1, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 illion Russians Jan 1, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Dec 21, 1929 Totalitarian government establihed in USSR Jan 20, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 20, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 21, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich May 20, 1935 US begins passing neutrality acts Sep 20, 1935 Hitler begins military buildup Mar 21, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Mar 21, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland Dec 20, 1936 italian troops conquer ethiopia Jan 21, 1937 Japan invades China Mar 21, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 21, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Mar 21, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 21, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Feb 21, 1939 German Invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Mar 21, 1939 Non-agression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland Mar 21, 1939 Totalitarian Government established in USSR Apr 21, 1939 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany Nov 21, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain Jan 21, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Mar 21, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Mar 21, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Sep 21, 1940 British and French defeat Dunkirk Dec 21, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain Jan 21, 1944 Russian army into Finland
