World War II Timeline

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  • End of World War I

    End of World War I
    WW I involved all of the world's great powers. More than 70 million personell were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. It was the deadliest conflict in history.

  • Hitler joins the Nazi party

    Hitler joins the Nazi party
    Hitler joined the precursor of the Nazi Party (DAP) in 1919, and then he became leader of NSDAP in 1921.

  • Facist Party established under Mussolini in Italy

    Facist Party established under Mussolini in Italy
    Fascism combined extreme Sorelian syndicalist political views along with nationalism.

  • Establishment of the USSR

    Establishment of the USSR
    USSR is established.

  • Mussolini takes over in Italy

    Mussolini takes over in Italy
    Mussolini takes over Italy.

  • Vladimir Lenin dies, giving control of USSR to Joseph Stalin

    Vladimir Lenin dies, giving control of USSR to Joseph Stalin
    deaths of 8-13 million russians

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact

    Kellogg-Briand Pact
    Signed by the US and 61 other countries,

  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese invasion of Manchuria
    Manchuria is invaded by the Japanese.

  • HItler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    HItler becomes Chancellor of Germany
    He establishes the Third Reich.

  • Roosevelt takes office

    Roosevelt takes office
    Roosevelt becomes president.

  • US begins passing Neutrality Acts

    US begins passing Neutrality Acts
    Us passes Neutrality Acts.

  • Hitler begins military buildup

    Hitler begins military buildup
    Hitler begins the military buildup.

  • Italian troops conquer Ethiopia

    Italian troops conquer Ethiopia
    Ethiopia is conquered by the Italian troops.

  • Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco

    Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco
    Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco.

  • German troops invade Rhineland

    German troops invade Rhineland
    Rhineland is invaded by German troops.

  • Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum

    Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum
    Lebensraum means "living space".

  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China
    China invaded by Japanese.

  • Hitler takes Austria

    Hitler takes Austria
    Austria is taken by Hitler.

  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement
    Sudetenland to Germany.

  • Franco is successful in Spain

    Franco is successful in Spain
    Fransisco Franco is successful in Spain.

  • Totalitarian government established in USSR

    Totalitarian government established in USSR
    USSR switches to a totalitarian government.

  • Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler

    Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler
    Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia

  • Non-aggresion pact

    Non-aggresion pact
    Germany and Russia; divide Poland

  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg
    German invasion of Poland

  • Russian army to Finland

    Russian army to Finland
    Finns surrender in three months

  • German invasion of Denmark and Norway

    German invasion of Denmark and Norway
    Germany invades both Denmark and Norway.

  • Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg by Germany

    Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg by Germany
    Germany defeats the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg

  • France surrenders to Germany

    France surrenders to Germany
    France surrencers to Germany.

  • Plans for invasion of Great Britian

    Plans for invasion of Great Britian
    beginning of the Battle of Britian