World war II Timeline By kyle_15784268953 Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1940 Time line\ Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 19, 1919 Hitler Joins Nazi Party Jan 18, 1921 Fascist Party Established inder Mussolini Jan 19, 1921 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 19, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Jan 19, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin Jan 18, 1928 US and 61 Countries sign Kellogg Briand Pact Jan 18, 1931 Japs Invasion on Manchuria Jan 19, 1932 Roosevelt takes office Jan 20, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Jan 19, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality laws Jan 20, 1935 Hitler announces secret plans for levensraum Jan 19, 1936 Italin troops invade Ethiopia Jan 19, 1936 Civil war begins in Spain Jan 19, 1936 German Troops invade Rhineland Jan 19, 1937 Japan invades China Mar 12, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Aug 29, 1938 Munich Agreement Jan 20, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain Jan 20, 1939 Russian army into Finland Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland blitzkrieg Jan 20, 1940 british and French defeat at Dunkirk Jan 20, 1940 Itlay enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Jan 20, 1940 begining of the Battle of Britian Apr 20, 1940 German invasion of Denmark adn Norway May 20, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands Jun 22, 1940 France surreders to Germany