WORLD WAR II TIMELINE By jpacke Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jan 25, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 25, 1921 Fasciest Party established under Mussolini in Italy Jan 25, 1922 Establishment of the USSR Oct 25, 1922 Mussolini takes over Italy Jan 25, 1924 Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians Jan 25, 1928 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 25, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Jan 25, 1931 Japan invades China Jan 25, 1933 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, 1935 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 25, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Jan 25, 1936 German trops invade Rhineland May 25, 1936 Italian troops conquer Ethiopia Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Mar 12, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudentenland to Germany Mar 15, 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Aug 23, 1939 Non-agression Pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland
