World War II Timeline By hitchcock Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 25, 1919 Hitler Joins Nazi Party Mar 23, 1919 Facist Party established under Mussolini 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 million Russians Jan 25, 1925 Mussolini Takes Over Italy Jan 25, 1926 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 25, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 25, 1932 Roosevelt takes office Jan 28, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Jan 25, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 25, 1936 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 28, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 28, 1936 German troops invade Rhineland Jan 25, 1937 Hitler beings Military buildup Jan 28, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Jan 28, 1937 Japan Invades China Jan 28, 1937 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Jan 28, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 28, 1938 Hitler takes Austria
