the rise of dictators By mariapizano98 Jan 1, 1917 Vladimir Lenin came to power Mar 8, 1917 Russian Revolution Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini came to power Jan 1, 1924 Joseph Stalin came to power Sep 18, 1931 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler came to power Nov 1, 1933 Franklin Roosevelt became president Mar 1, 1936 Germany moving troops into the Rhineland. May 1, 1937 Neville Chamberlain became prime minister Mar 12, 1938 Germany annexation of Austria Sep 29, 1938 The Munich Conference (Appeasement) Oct 10, 1938 Germany claims the Sudetenland Mar 15, 1939 Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invasion of Poland to start WWII Sep 1, 1939 The United States enterance into WWII Jan 1, 1940 Winston Churchill became prime minister Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor