World War 2 By hollymeverett Jul 29, 1921 Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini becomes youngest premier Jan 21, 1924 Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin dies Jul 18, 1925 Hitler's "Mein Kampf" is published Sep 8, 1926 Germany is let into League of Nations Oct 6, 1928 Chiang Kai-shek is president of China Oct 29, 1929 Stock market crash Sep 14, 1930 Nazi is second largest political party Sep 18, 1931 Japan occupies Manchuria Nov 8, 1932 Roosevelt elected president of US Jan 30, 1933 Hitler is chancellor of Germany Apr 26, 1933 Gestapo or the secret police is established in Germany Jun 30, 1934 "Night of the Long Knives" (murdering of anti-nazis) Sep 15, 1935 Laws made to take away Jews civil rights Mar 7, 1936 Germany reoccupies the Rhineland which violates the Versailles Treaty Sep 30, 1938 "Munich Agreement" Aug 23, 1939 Non-aggression pact signed by Germany and USSR Sep 1, 1939 German forces invade Poland; World War 2 begins Sep 3, 1941 First gassings at Auschwitz Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor bombed Jun 6, 1944 D-Day on beaches of Normandy, France May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Day (end of ww2)