WWII Historical Timeline By gpoppe Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 1, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi party Mar 15, 1921 Fascist Party established under Mussolini Jan 1, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Oct 1, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Jan 1, 1924 Death of Vladmir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; death of deaths of 8-13 million Russians Jan 1, 1924 Totalitarian goverment established in USSR Jan 1, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 1, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Jan 1, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 1, 1935 Hitler begins military buildup Mar 7, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland May 9, 1936 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jul 17, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Fransico Franco Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for Lebensraum Mar 1, 1938 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Mar 14, 1938 Htiler takes Austria Sep 29, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudentenland to Germany Apr 1, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain Aug 23, 1939 Non-aggression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland Sep 30, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Nov 30, 1939 Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months) Apr 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg by Germany May 26, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters war on the side of Germany and invades France Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jul 1, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain
