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End of WWI
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month -
Hitler Joins the Nazi Party
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Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy
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Establishment of the USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. -
Mussolini takes over in Italy
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Joseph Stalin takes control of USSR
The death of Vladimir Lenin gave control of the USSR over to Joseph Stalin, shom caused the deaths of 8 to 13 million Russian. -
Kellog-Briand Pact
US and 61 other countries sign the Kellogg-Briand peace pact. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
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Japan invades China
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Hitler begins military buildup
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Roosevelt takes office
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Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum
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Hitler becomes Chancelor of Germany
Established the Third Reich, or third ruling of Germany, saying that this one was going to last a million years. -
Italian troops conquer Ethiopia
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Civil War begins in spain under Francisco Franco
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German troops invade Rhineland
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US begins passing Neutrality Acts
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Franco is sucessful in Spain
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Hitler takes Austria
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Munich agreement; Sudetenland to germany
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Non-aggressioan pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland
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German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg
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Totalitarian government established in USSR
by 1939 Stalin had firmly established a totalitarian government that tried to exert complete control over its citizens -
Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler
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German invasion of Denmark and Norway
Also called operation Weserubung, named after a German river. -
Germany deafeats the Netherlands, Belguim, and Luxembourg.
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Italy enters WWII on the side of Germany
after entering WWII they invade France. -
Plans for an invasion of Great Britain
The beginning of the Battle of Britain. -
British and French defeat at Dunkirk
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France surrenders to Germany
