WORLD WAR 2 TIMELINE By lc123blah Nov 25, 1918 End of WW1 Period: Nov 25, 1918 to Nov 25, 1945 WW2 Jan 27, 1919 Totalitarian Government Established in USSR Nov 25, 1919 Hitler joins the Nazi Party Nov 25, 1919 fASCIST PARTY ESTABLISHED UNDER MUSSOLINI IN ITALY Jan 25, 1922 MUSSOLINI TAKES OVER IN ITALY Dec 30, 1922 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE USSR Jan 21, 1924 Death osf vladamir lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-10 million Russians Jan 25, 1924 US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact Sep 19, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchura The Japanese invasion of Manchura started September 19, 1931 and ended February 27,1932 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 25, 1935 US begins passing Neutrality Acts Jan 25, 1936 Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco The Civil war lasted until 1939. Jan 27, 1936 Franco is successful in spain Jul 25, 1937 Japan invades China lasted until September 9, 1945 Mar 12, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Sep 25, 1938 Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany Jan 25, 1939 Hitler begins military buildup Jan 25, 1939 Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum Aug 23, 1939 non agression pact Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland;Blitzkrieg Sep 21, 1939 czechoslavakia falls to Hitler Nov 30, 1939 Russain army into Finland Apr 9, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway May 30, 1940 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium,and Luxemburg by Germany. Jun 6, 1940 British and French defeat at Dunkirk Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jun 27, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invade France Jul 10, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; begging of the Battle of Britain Sep 15, 1944 German troops invade Rhineland
