History By mirandagilbert Nov 1, 1918 End of WW` Jan 1, 1919 Hitler Joins the Nazi party Jan 1, 1919 Fascist party established under Mussolini in Italy Jan 1, 1919 Totalitarian government established in USSR 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 1, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Sep 19, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Dec 5, 1934 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Jan 1, 1935 Us begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 1, 1936 Civil war begins in Spain under Francisco Franco to 19 39 Feb 1, 1936 Franco is sucessful in Spain Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China Mar 12, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 1, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Sep 21, 1938 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Jan 1, 1939 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 1, 1939 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Aug 23, 1939 Non-agression Pact; Germany and Russia; divide poland Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Nov 30, 1939 Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months) Apr 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Defeat of the netherlands, belgium and luxembourg by germany Jun 1, 1940 British and French defeat at dunkirk Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jul 10, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Great Britian; beginning of the battle of Britian. Sep 15, 1944 German troops invade Rhineland