Timeline: world war 2 timeline

Nov 11, 1918

end of ww1

Jan 1, 1919

hittler joins the nazi party

Jan 1, 1921

fascist party established under mussolini in italy

Jan 1, 1922

establishment of the USSR

Jan 1, 1922

mussolini takes over italy

Jan 1, 1924

death of Vladimir Lenin; control of the USSR to Joseph Stalin

Jan 1, 1928

US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact

Jan 1, 1931

japanese invasion of manchuria

Jan 1, 1932

Roosevelt takes office

Jan 19, 1933

hittler begins military buildup

Jan 20, 1933

hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

Jan 19, 1934

US begins passing Neutrality Act

Jan 20, 1935

Italian troops conquer Ethiopia

Jan 20, 1936

civil war begins in spain under Francisco Franco

Mar 7, 1936

German troops invade Rhineland

Under Articles 42, 43 and 44 of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles—imposed on Germany by the Allies after the Great War—Germany was "forbidden to maintain or construct any fortification either on the Left bank of the Rhine or on the Right bank to the west of a line drawn fifty kilometers to the East of the Rhine". If a violation "in any manner whatsoever" of this Article took place, this "shall be regarded as committing a hostile act...and as calculated to disturb the peace of the world".

Jul 20, 1937

Japan invades China

Jan 20, 1938

Hitler takes Austria

Jan 20, 1938

munich agreement

Mar 20, 1938

czechoslovakian falls to hitler

Jan 20, 1939

totalitarian government establish the ussr

Jan 20, 1939

German invation of Poland

Aug 23, 1939

non-aggression pact Germany and russia devise poland

Nov 30, 1939

Russian army into Finland

surrender in 3 months

Jan 20, 1940

Franco is successful in Spain

Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975), commonly known as Franco (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ˈfɾaŋko]), was a Spanish military general and head of state of Spain from October 1936 (whole nation from 1939 onwards), and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November 1975. As head of state, Franco used the title Caudillo de España, por la gracia de Dios, meaning Leader of Spain, by the grace of God.