World War I Timeline By miagauna Nov 11, 1918 End of WW I Jan 1, 1919 Hitler Joins the Nazi Party Jan 1, 1921 Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy Jan 1, 1922 Establishment uf the USSR Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Jan 19, 1924 Deathfo Vladmir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deathsof 8-13 million Russians Jan 1, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 1, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 1, 1935 Roosevel takes office Jan 1, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 1, 1935 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 1, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 1, 1937 German troops invade Rhineland Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitlerbegins military buildup Jan 1, 1938 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 1, 1938 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany establishing the Third Reich Mar 12, 1938 Hitler takes Australia Sep 30, 1938 Munich agreement; Sudentenland to Germany Jan 1, 1939 Franco issuccessful in Spain Jan 1, 1939 Russian army into Finland ( Finns surrender in three months_ Jan 19, 1939 Totalitarian government established in USSR Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Aug 23, 1939 Non- aggression pact; Germany and Russia; Poland Sep 19, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Jan 1, 1940 Defeat of the Ntherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany Jan 1, 1940 Plansforan invasion of great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain Apr 9, 1940 German Invasion of Denmark and Norway Jun 1, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Jun 3, 1940 Britishadn French defeat adn Dunkirk May 7, 1945 France surrenders to Germany
