World War II Timeline By kags15 Nov 18, 1918 End of World War I Jan 1, 1919 Hitler Joins Nazi Party Jan 1, 1921 Mussolini Establishes Facist Party in Italy Jan 1, 1924 Lenin dies, control of USSR to Stalin, deaths of 8-13 million Russians Jan 1, 1927 Establishment of USSR Jan 1, 1928 Mussolini takes over Italy Aug 27, 1928 U.S. and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 1, 1930 Japan invades China Jan 1, 1931 japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Feb 3, 1933 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 1, 1934 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 1, 1935 U.S. begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 1, 1935 Italian troops conquer Ethopia Mar 7, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland Jul 17, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain Under Franco Nov 5, 1937 Hitler becomes Chancelor of Germany, est. the Third Reich Jan 1, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 1, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Jan 1, 1939 Franco is succesful in Spain Jan 1, 1939 Totalitarian government established in USSR Aug 1, 1939 Russian army into Finland ( Finns surrender in three months) Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Sep 28, 1939 Non-agression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland Jan 1, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Jan 1, 1940 Germany defetes the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg Jan 1, 1940 Plans for the invasion of Great Britian; begins the Battle of Britian Jun 5, 1940 British and Frence defeat at Dunkirk Jun 21, 1940 Italy enters the war on Germany's side and invades France Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany
