Ww2

Worl War II timeline

By huggybear
  • End of WWI

    End of WWI

    The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month
  • Hitler Joins the Nazi Party

    Hitler Joins the Nazi Party

  • Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy

    Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy

  • Establishment of the USSR

    Establishment of the USSR

    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
  • Mussolini takes over in Italy

    Mussolini takes over in Italy

  • Joseph Stalin takes control of USSR

    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

    Kellog-Briand Pact

    US and 61 other countries sign the Kellogg-Briand peace pact.
  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese invasion of Manchuria

  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China

  • Hitler begins military buildup

    Hitler begins military buildup

  • Roosevelt takes office

    Roosevelt takes office

  • Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum

    Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum

  • Hitler becomes Chancelor of Germany

    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

    Italian troops conquer Ethiopia

  • Civil War begins in spain under Francisco Franco

    Civil War begins in spain under Francisco Franco

  • German troops invade Rhineland

    German troops invade Rhineland

  • US begins passing Neutrality Acts

    US begins passing Neutrality Acts

  • Franco is sucessful in Spain

    Franco is sucessful in Spain

  • Hitler takes Austria

    Hitler takes Austria

  • Munich agreement; Sudetenland to germany

    Munich agreement; Sudetenland to germany

  • Non-aggressioan pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland

    Non-aggressioan pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland

  • German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg

    German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg

  • Totalitarian government established in USSR

    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

    Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler

  • German invasion of Denmark and Norway

    German invasion of Denmark and Norway

    Also called operation Weserubung, named after a German river.
  • Germany deafeats the Netherlands, Belguim, and Luxembourg.

    Germany deafeats the Netherlands, Belguim, and Luxembourg.

  • Italy enters WWII on the side of Germany

    Italy enters WWII on the side of Germany

    after entering WWII they invade France.
  • Plans for an invasion of Great Britain

    Plans for an invasion of Great Britain

    The beginning of the Battle of Britain.
  • British and French defeat at Dunkirk

    British and French defeat at Dunkirk

  • France surrenders to Germany

    France surrenders to Germany