Timeline By aprilerin Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 1, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi Party Jan 1, 1921 Facist Party established under Mussolini Jan 1, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Jan 1, 1924 Death of Vladamie Lenin; conrtol of USSR to Joseph Stalin; death of 8-13 million Russians Jan 1, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 1, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 1, 1932 Roosevelt takes office Jan 1, 1932 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 1, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Jan 1, 1934 Establishment of the USSR Nov 5, 1934 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 1, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 1, 1935 Italian troops conquer ethipoia Jan 1, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Fransisco Franco Jan 1, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China Mar 12, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 1, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain Jan 1, 1939 Totalitarian government established in USSR Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Jun 1, 1939 Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months) Aug 23, 1939 Non-aggression pact; Germany and Russia; devide Poland Sep 1, 1939 Germna invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Apr 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 France surrenders to Germany May 26, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk May 27, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany Jul 10, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain Oct 6, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France
