World War II Timeline

End of WWI

Nov 11, 1918

The end of World War I was on November 11, 1918

Hitler joins the Nazi Party

Jan 1, 1919

Adolf joins the Nazi party............

Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy

Jan 1, 1921

Mussolini is bad. ha

Establishment of USSR

Jan 1, 1922

"back in the USSR"

Mussolini takes over in Italy

Oct 1, 1922

Italy gets pissed.

Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians

Jan 1, 1924

Joseph Stalin is bad.

US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact

Jan 1, 1928

Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Jan 1, 1931

The japanese take over ha

Roosevelt takes over

Jan 1, 1933

Roosevelt takes his 1st term.

US begins passing Neutrality Acts

Jan 1, 1935

OKAY !

Hitler begins military buildup

Jan 1, 1935

Hitler was bad.. ha

Italian troops conquer Ethiopia

Jan 1, 1935

Ethiopia got destroyeddd

Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco

Jan 1, 1936

all hell breaks loose

German troops invade Rhineland

Jan 1, 1936

why rhineland ? so innocent

Japan invades China

Jul 1, 1937

whats the difference?

Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum

Nov 5, 1937

whats lebensraummm ?

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich

Jan 1, 1938

COOL

Hitler takes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

im Austrian :(

Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany

Sep 30, 1938

idk whats going on..

Franco is successful in Spain

Jan 1, 1939

sweettttttt...

Totalitarian governmaent established in USSR

Jan 1, 1939

i <3 the beatles :)

Russian army into Finland

Jan 1, 1939

finland who?

Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler

Mar 15, 1939

NOT COOL

Non-Aggression Pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland

Aug 23, 1939

no one cares..

Germany invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg

Sep 11, 1939

Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain

Jan 1, 1940

Germany invasion of Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

no comment.

defeat of netherlands belgium nd luxembourg by germany

May 1, 1940

British and French defeat at Dunkirk

May 1, 1940

Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France

Jun 1, 1940

France surrenders to Germany

Jun 22, 1940