WW2 Timeline

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty to end World War 2. Germany had to give conquered land back and pay for war.

Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party

Feb 24, 1920

Joseph Stalin becomes leader in Russia

Mar 17, 1922

Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

Jan 1, 1933

Italian Army invades Ethiopia

Dec 5, 1934

Neutrality Act passed by U.S.

Aug 31, 1935

Prohibited US export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war.

Hitler sends troops into Rhineland

Mar 6, 1936

Japan attacks Nanjing, China

Dec 17, 1937

Germany incorporates Austria into the Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

Munich Pact signed

Sep 30, 1938

Agreement that allowed Germany to expand its territory to Czechoslovakia

Hitler invades Poland

Mar 17, 1939

Nazi-Soviet Pact signed

Aug 23, 1939

No military action between the 2 for 10 years

Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Germany and Italy sign a treaty of cooperation and Axis born

Sep 27, 1940

Tripartite Pact

Nazis begin roundup of Jews

Mar 17, 1941

Japan invades Manchuria

Mar 17, 2017