WW2 By lafield Nov 11, 1918 End of WW1 Jan 12, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 28, 1919 Totalitarian government established in USSR Jan 9, 1921 Facist Party established under Mussolini in Italy Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini takes over in 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 milliom Russians Aug 27, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Brand Pact Sep 19, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 25, 1933 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 28, 1933 hitler becomes chancelor of germany, established the third Reich Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Jan 25, 1934 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 25, 1934 civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 25, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for Lebensraum Jan 1, 1938 Munich agreement, Sudetenland to Germany Jan 25, 1938 German troops invade Rhineland Jan 28, 1938 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Mar 1, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Jan 27, 1939 non-agression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland Jan 28, 1940 Franco is successful in Spain Jan 25, 1946 US begins passing Neutrality Acts
