Early Events of WW2 By cashmo Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 19, 1919 Hitler Joins the Nazi Party Jan 19, 1921 Fascist Party Established Under Mussolini Dec 30, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Jan 21, 1924 Death of Vladmir Lenin Aug 27, 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact Sep 19, 1931 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt Takes Office Jan 1, 1935 Hitler Begins Military Buildup Jan 10, 1935 Italian Troops Conquer Ethiopia Aug 31, 1935 US Begins Passing Neutrality Acts Feb 16, 1936 Franco is Successful in Spain Jul 3, 1936 German Troops Invade Rhineland Jul 17, 1936 Civil Wars Begin in Spain Under Francisco Franco Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler Announces Secret Plans For Lebensraum Mar 12, 1938 Hitler Takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 1, 1939 Totalitarian Government Established in USSR Jan 30, 1939 Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany Mar 16, 1939 Czecoslovakia Falls to Hitler Aug 23, 1939 Non-Agression Pact; Germany and Russia Divide Poland Sep 1, 1939 German Invasion of Poland Nov 30, 1939 Russian Army Into Finland Apr 9, 1940 German Invasion of Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Defeat of Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg by Germany May 24, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Oct 6, 1940 Italy enters on the side of Germany and invades France Oct 7, 1940 Beginning of Battle of Britain