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World War II Timeline

By jacast

  • End of WW I

    End of WW I
    This day marked the end of World War I

  • Nazi party

    Nazi party
    Hitler joins the nazi party

  • Fascist party

    benito mussolini became the leader of the Fascist party

  • USSR

    Establishment of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

  • Mussolini Takes over in Italy

    As the leader of the fascist party, took control over all Italy.

  • Death of Vladimir Lenin

  • USSR to Joseph Stalin

    After de death of Vladimir Lenin, Stalin to control of the USSR. He is responsible of the deaths of 8-13 million Russians

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact

    United States and 61 other countries sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact

  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Japenese took over a region twice de size of the state of Texass in China called Manchuria.

  • Japan invades China

  • Roosevelt takes office

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    He established the Third Reich.

  • Us begins passing Neutrality Acts

    With this acts, the US was trying to avoid getting involved in the conflicts in Europe.

  • German troops invade Rhineland

  • Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco

    Francisco Franco led a group of army officers to rebel against the government.

  • Italian troops conquer Ethiopia

    Italy took over Ethopia, one of the few countries in Africa that were independent.

  • Hitler announces secret plans for "lebensraum"

    Germany's foreign policy during the Third Reich that was based on expansion.

  • Hitler takes Austria

  • Munich Agreement

    This agreement gave the Sudetenland to Germany. Hitler said that this was going to be his last conquest.

  • Franco is successful in Spain

  • Totalitarian government established in USSR

    Joseph Stalin established it.

  • Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler

  • Non-aggression pact

    This was a pact betwwen Germany and Russia, they divided Poland. Two front war is avoided.

  • German invasion of Poland

    "Blitzkrieg" was the combination of powerful aircrafts and tanks used to attack.

  • Russian army into Finland

    The Finns surrender after three months.

  • German invasion of Denmark and Norway

  • Another victory for Germany

    Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany

  • Italy enters the war

    They entered on the side of Germany and invades France.

  • British and French defeat at Dunkirk

  • France surrenders to Germany

  • Plans for an invasion of Great Britian

    The Battle of Britain began.