WW2 By mat729 Nov 11, 1918 End of WW 1 Period: Nov 11, 1918 to Jun 2, 1940 WW 2 Oct 16, 1919 Hitler joins Nazi party Nov 9, 1921 Facist Party Established Oct 28, 1922 Mussolini Takes Italy Dec 14, 1922 USSR Established Jan 21, 1924 Joseph Stalin Takes over USSR and death of 8 -13 million russians Aug 27, 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact Sep 22, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor Feb 16, 1933 Hitler begins Military Buildup Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes Office Aug 31, 1935 US passes Neutrality Acts May 20, 1936 Italy Conquers Ethiopia Jul 17, 1936 Spanish Civil War Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades China Jan 19, 1938 German Troops invade the Rhineland Mar 12, 1938 Hitler Takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement Jan 19, 1939 Lebensraum Jan 20, 1939 Totalitarian government established in USSR Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia Falls to Hitler Apr 1, 1939 Franco Successful in Spain Aug 23, 1939 Non Agression Pact Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland Nov 30, 1939 Russian army into Finland Apr 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway May 20, 1940 Netherlands, Beligium and Luxembourg fall to Germany May 24, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Jun 11, 1940 Italy enters war Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jun 23, 1940 Plans for Invasion