World War II Timeline By rainkissedleaf Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 1, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 1, 1921 Facist party established under Mussolini in Italy Oct 1, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Dec 30, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Jan 1, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USsR to joseph stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians Jan 1, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellog-Briand Pact Sep 1, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Mar 4, 1933 Rossevelt takes office Dec 5, 1934 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Aug 31, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 1, 1936 Hitler begins military build up Mar 7, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland Mar 7, 1936 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jul 1, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China Mar 12, 1938 hitler takes Austria Sep 29, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudentenland to Germany Sep 29, 1938 czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Jan 1, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain Jan 1, 1939 Totoalitarian governtment established in USSR Aug 23, 1939 Non-aggression Pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Jan 1, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Jan 1, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk May 10, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany Jun 11, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Jun 14, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Aug 13, 1940 Plans for invasion of Great Britian; beginning of the Battle of Britian Nov 30, 1940 Russian army to Finalan (Finn surrender in three months)
