WWII Timeline By thevaultofsecrets Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 25, 1919 Hitler Joins Nazi Party Mar 23, 1919 Fascist Party established under Mussolini 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 Jan 25, 1925 Mussolini takes over in Italy Jan 25, 1926 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 25, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchura Jan 25, 1932 Roosevelt takes office Jan 25, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Jan 25, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 25, 1936 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 25, 1936 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 25, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 25, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland Jan 25, 1937 Japan Invades China Jan 25, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 25, 1937 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Jan 25, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Jan 25, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany
