WWII timeline By natashawbr Nov 11, 1918 end of WWI Jan 25, 1919 Totalitarian government established in ussr Jan 19, 1921 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 19, 1921 Mussolini takes over Italy Nov 9, 1921 Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy Jan 19, 1922 establishment of the USSR Jan 21, 1924 Death of Vladmir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; death of 8- 13 million Russians Jan 20, 1925 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 19, 1928 Us and 61 other countries sign Kellog-Briand Pact Jan 19, 1930 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Sep 19, 1931 japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 25, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 19, 1935 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 19, 1935 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 20, 1935 German troops invade Rhineland Jan 20, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 20, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 25, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 20, 1939 Japan invades China Jan 25, 1939 non-aggression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland Jan 25, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Jan 25, 1939 Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months) Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia fallsto Hitler Jan 25, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Jan 28, 1940 british and french defeat at dunkirk Jan 28, 1940 italy enters the war on the sude of germany and invades france Jan 28, 1940 italy enters the war on the side of germany and invades france Jan 28, 1940 france surrenders to germany Jan 28, 1940 plans for an invasion of great britain; begining of the battle of britain Jan 28, 1942 defeat of the netherlands, belgium and luxemburg by germany Jan 25, 1959 Franco is successful in Spain
