World War II By malpal1217 Nov 11, 1918 End of WW I End of WW I Jan 20, 1919 Hitler joins Nazi party Jan 20, 1921 Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy Jan 20, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Oct 20, 1922 Mussolini takes over in Italy Jan 20, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians Jan 20, 1928 Us and other 61 countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 20, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 20, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 24, 1933 Hitler becomes Changellor of Germany, est. the Third Reich Jan 20, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 20, 1935 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 20, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 20, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland May 20, 1936 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 24, 1937 Japan Invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Mar 12, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 24, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain Jan 25, 1939 Totalitarian government est. in USSR Jan 25, 1939 Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months) Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Aug 23, 1939 Non-aggression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Jan 25, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Jan 25, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Apr 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway May 25, 1940 Defeat of Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg by Germany Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jun 25, 1940 Plans for invasion of Great Britain; beginning of Battle of Britain
