World War II timeline By jared211 Nov 11, 1918 End of World war 1 Jan 19, 1919 Hitler joins Nazi Party Jan 19, 1921 Fascist Party Established under mussolini Jan 19, 1922 Establishment of USSR Jan 19, 1922 mussolini takes over in Italy Jan 19, 1924 Death of Vladimir lennin;comtrol of USSR to Joeseph Stalin; Deaths of 8-13 million Russians Jan 19, 1928 Us and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 20, 1931 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Jan 20, 1933 Roosevelt takes Office Jan 20, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor of aGermany, establishing the third Reich Jan 20, 1935 Us begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 20, 1935 Hitler Begins Military Buildup Jan 20, 1935 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 20, 1935 hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 20, 1936 Civil War Begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 20, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland Jan 20, 1937 Japan Invades China Jan 20, 1938 hitler takes austria Jan 20, 1939 Czechoslovakia Falls to Hitler Jan 20, 1939 Franco is Successful in spain Jan 20, 1939 Totalitarian Govt. established in USSR Jan 20, 1939 German ivasion of Poland; Blitzkrieg Jan 20, 1939 Russian army into Finland Aug 23, 1939 Non aggression pact Jan 20, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Jan 20, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jan 20, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Greatr britain Apr 19, 1940 German Invasion of Denmark and Norway May 20, 1940 defeat of netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany