Timeline for History By XxAB_13xX Jul 28, 1914 World War 1 began 1917 February Revolution in the Soviet Union Tsar abdicted in March Provisional Government set up 1917 October Revolution in the Soviet Union Provisional Government overthrown, Bolsheviks established government 1917 The USA entered WW1 1918 World War 1 ended 1918 Stalin became Commissar for Nationalities and a member of the Communist Party Central Committee 1918 Russian Civil War Started Nov 11, 1918 WW1 ended 1919 The Weimar Republic formed Jan 18, 1919 Paris Peace Conference Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Signed Jan 10, 1920 League of Nations Founded 1921 Washington Naval Conference held 1921 Hitler became the leader of Nazi Party 1922 End of Russian Civil War 1922 Soviet Union formed through merger with Transcaucasian, Byelorussian and Ukranian Soviet republics 1922 Stalin became Secretary - General of the Communist Party 1923 Munich Putsch failed; Hitler arrested and sent to prison 1924 Death of Lenin 1924 Power struggle within the Communist Party 1925 Locarno Treaties signed 1926 Germany joined LON 1928 First Five-Year Plan started 1928 Hitler's Nazi Party won only 3% of votes in Reichstag 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact signed 1929 Stalin gained control over the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky exiled 1929 Stalin became supreme leader of the Soviet Union 1929 Great Depression brought recession and economic woes to Germany Oct 29, 1929 Wall Street Crash led to Great Depression 1930 London Naval Conference 1932 Nazis won more seats than any other party in Reichstag 1932 Nazis lost 34 seats in the Reichstag; Hitler sought to gain power through other avenues rather than elections 1932 World Disarmament Conference in Geneva 1933 Second Five-Year Plan started Jan 30, 1933 Hitler appointed as Chancellor Feb 27, 1933 Reichstag Fire Feb 28, 1933 Hindenburg issued Emergency Decree Mar 22, 1933 The first concentration camp set up at Dachau Mar 24, 1933 The Enabling Act allowed Hitler to pass decrees without the need for President's approval Jul 14, 1933 Law against the formation of New Parties - Germany became a one-party state Oct 14, 1933 Germany withdrew from LON; Hitler stepped up Germany's secret rearmament programme 1934 Russia joined LON 1934 Kirov Affair Start of the Great Terror purges 1934 President Hindenburg died and Hitler became Fuehrer, merging powers of Chancellor and President Jun 30, 1934 Night of the Long Knives 1935 Italy invaded Abyssinia 1935 Hitler passed the Nuremberg Laws - excluding Jews from German Society 1935 Stressa Front signed 1935 Fraco- Soviet Alliance signed 1935 Anglo-German Naval Treaty signed 1936 Italy conquered Abyssinia 1936 Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland 1936 Mussolini established Rome-Berlin Axis with Hitler; Hitler signed Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan 1936 Germany and Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact 1937 Nazi Germany entered the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Nationalists 1937 Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister of Britain 1937 Italy joined Anti-Comintern Pact forming the Axis Powers with Nazi Germany and Japan 1937 Italy withdrew from LON 1937 American Congress passed Neutrality Act 1938 End of the Great Terror purges 1938 Night of Broken Glass 1938 Anschluss between Nazi Germany and Austria achieved 1938 Munich Agreement signed 1938 Nazi Germany gained control over Sudetenland 1939 Russia expelled from LON 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland; Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany, WW2 broke out, Roosevelt implemented 'cash and carry' plan 1939 Nazi Germany took over the rest of Czechoslovakia 1939 Nazi- Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed Sep 3, 1939 World War 2 began in Europe 1940 Trotsky assassinated while living in exile in Mexico 1940 Hitler attacked Britain, Battle of Britain commenced 1940 France fell to Germany 1940 Tripartite Pact signed between Axis Powers 1940 Roosevelt's fireside chat 'On National Security' 1941 US Congress passes Lend-Lease Act 1941 Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, opened up Eastern Front 1941 Soviet Union joined the Allies by forming military alliance with Britain against Germany Period: 1942 to 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jan 20, 1942 Wannesee Conference - Decision to kill all Jews 1943 Italy surrendered to the Allies 1943 Italy declared war on the Axis Powers Aug 23, 1943 Battle of Kursk ended, Germans retreated from Eastern Front 1944 Operation Overload commenced with D-Day landings 1944 Ploesti oilfields put out of operation 1945 Allies entered Berlin, Hitler committed suicide May 8, 1945 Germany surrendered, World War 2 ended in Europe