World War 2 Timeline By jordan.raymer Nov 11, 1918 End of ww1 Oct 16, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 20, 1921 Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy Jan 20, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Dec 30, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Jan 21, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million russians Aug 27, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 24, 1931 Japan invades China Jan 24, 1931 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Sep 18, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 24, 1934 Non-aggression pact; divide Poland Jan 20, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 20, 1935 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 24, 1935 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 24, 1935 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Jan 24, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 24, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland Jan 24, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Jan 24, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 24, 1939 Franco is successful in spain Jan 24, 1939 Totalitarian government established in USSR Jan 24, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Jan 24, 1939 Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months) Jan 24, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Jan 24, 1940 Plans for invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain Jan 24, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany Jan 24, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of germany and invades france May 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Jun 23, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jan 24, 1945 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler
