World War II By kathysmalls Jan 1, 1901 Roosevelt Takes Office Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Aug 1, 1940 World War II Nov 11, 1918 Start of World War II Jan 1, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi Party Jan 1, 1921 Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy Jan 1, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Oct 1, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Jan 1, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russian Jan 1, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 1, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 1, 1932 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Jan 1, 1935 US Begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 1, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Fransisco Franco Jan 1, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland May 1, 1936 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler Begins military buildup Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for LEBENSRAUM Nov 5, 1937 Chechoslovakia falls to Hitler Mar 12, 1938 HItler takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Gremany Jan 1, 1939 France is successful in Spain Jan 1, 1939 Totalitarian government established in USSR Jan 1, 1939 Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months) Aug 23, 1939 Non-aggresssion pact; germany and Russia; divide Poland Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Jan 1, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Jan 1, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain Apr 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Lexumbourg by Germany Jun 22, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany
