WWII Timeline By katiemit Nov 11, 1918 End of WW i Sep 12, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi Party Nov 9, 1921 Fascist Party est. under Mussolini in Italy Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Dec 30, 1922 Est. of the USSR Jan 21, 1924 Death of Vladmir Lenin Aug 27, 1928 us and 61 other countries sign Kellog-Briand Pact Sep 19, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchiria Mar 4, 1933 Roosevely takes office Jan 27, 1935 Hitler begins military buildup May 9, 1935 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Aug 31, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 25, 1936 German Troops invade Rhineland May 17, 1936 Civil Wat in Spain under Fransisco Franco Jan 27, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler becomes Chanccellor of Germany Jan 27, 1938 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Mar 25, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich agreement Jan 27, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain Jan 27, 1939 Totalitarian gov. est. in USSR Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Aug 1, 1939 Russian army into Finland Aug 14, 1939 Non-agression pact Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland Jan 1, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg by Germany Jan 1, 1940 Beginning of the Battle of Britain Apr 1, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Jun 5, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Jun 21, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany
