World War II Timeline By mariahace Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 19, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi party. Jan 19, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Jan 19, 1922 Mussiloni takes over Italy Jan 19, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians Jan 19, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellog-Briand Pact Jan 19, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 19, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 19, 1933 Hitler became chamcellor of German, establishing the Third Reich Jan 19, 1935 hitler begins military buildup Jan 19, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 19, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Fransisco Franco Jan 19, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland May 19, 1936 Italiam troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 19, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 19, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 21, 1939 Franco is sucessful in spain Jan 21, 1939 Totalitarian government established in USSR Jan 21, 1939 Russian Army into Fineland (Finns surrender in 3 monthes) Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to hitler Aug 23, 1939 Non-aggression pact; Germany and Russia; divide poland Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzreg Apr 9, 1940 Garman invasion of Denmark and Norway May 22, 1940 British and French defeat and Dunkirk Jun 21, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Jun 22, 1940 france surrenders to Germany Aug 15, 1940 Plants for an invasion of Great Britian; beginning of Battle of Britian
