WWII Timeline By jenken9 Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 20, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 20, 1921 Fascist Party established under mussolini in Italy Jan 20, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Jan 20, 1922 Mussolini takes over in Italy Jan 20, 1924 Death of Vladmir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians Jan 20, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact