WWII By grantm Period: Jan 19, 1910 to Jan 19, 1945 WWII events Nov 11, 1918 End of word war I Jan 1, 1919 Hitler joins Nazi Party Jan 1, 1921 Totalitarian gov est in USSR Jan 19, 1921 Mussolini takes over Italy Jan 1, 1922 est. of U.S.S.R Jan 19, 1922 Facist Party est. under Mussolini Jan 1, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin USSR to Stalin Jan 1, 1928 US and 61 otgher countries sign Kellogg_Braind Act Jan 1, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 Rosssevelt takes office Jan 1, 1933 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 1, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Jan 1, 1935 Us begins to pass neutrality acts Jan 1, 1935 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 1, 1936 Civil war begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Mar 1, 1936 German troops invade the Rhineland Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China Mar 12, 1938 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Sep 30, 1938 Munich agreement Sudenten land to Germany Jan 1, 1939 Franco is succesful in Spain Jan 1, 1939 Russian army into Finland Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakiafalls to Hitler Aug 23, 1939 Nonaggresion pact Germany and Russia divide Poland Sep 1, 1939 German blitzkrieg of Poland Jan 1, 1940 British and French defeat at Denkirk Apr 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Defeat of Netherlands Belgium and Luxemburg by Germany Jun 21, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jun 22, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France
