world war 11 timeline By meggy101 Nov 11, 1918 end of ww1 Feb 24, 1920 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 1, 1921 Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy Sep 26, 1922 Establishment of USSR Oct 21, 1922 M ussolini takes over in Italy Jan 21, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin Aug 27, 1928 UsS and 61 other countries sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact Sep 30, 1930 Munich Agreement: Sudetenland to Germany Sep 19, 1931 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Feb 3, 1933 Hitler announces seceret plans for lebensraum Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 1, 1935 Hitler begins military buildup Aug 26, 1935 Italian troops conquer ethiopia Aug 31, 1935 US begins passomg Neutrality Acts Jul 17, 1936 Civil War Begins in Spain under Franscisco Franco Jan 1, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Czechosolvakia falls to hitler Mar 17, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Jan 1, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain Jan 1, 1939 Totalitarian government established in USSR Aug 14, 1939 Non-aggression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Sep 18, 1939 German Troops invade Rhineland Nov 30, 1939 Russian army inti Finland(Finns surrender in three months) Jan 1, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Apr 9, 1940 German Invasion of Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany Jun 18, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Great Brittain; beginning of the Battle of Britain Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jun 24, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France
