WORLD WAR II By alisha_garcia Nov 11, 1918 End of World War I Jan 20, 1919 Hitler Joins Nazi Party Mar 23, 1919 Fascist Party established under Mussolini Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Dec 30, 1922 Establishment of USSR Jan 21, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin Jun 27, 1928 US & 61 sign Kellogg-Brian PAct Sep 19, 1931 Japan invades Machuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 20, 1935 US begins passing Neutality Acts Jan 20, 1935 Hitler begins Military buildup Jan 20, 1936 German incades Rhineland May 25, 1936 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Oct 25, 1936 Franco successful in Spain Jan 25, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces plans for Lebensraum Mar 12, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Aug 14, 1938 Non-aggressive Pact;Germany and Russia; divide Poland Sep 23, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudentenland to germany Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland; Blitzkrieg Jan 20, 1940 German invades Denmark and Norway