History timeline By bmcdan Nov 11, 1918 WWI ends Period: Nov 11, 1918 to Sep 2, 1945 History Timeline Jan 1, 1919 Totalitarian government established in USSR 1919-1939 Jan 1, 1920 Hitler joins the Nazi party Jan 1, 1921 Mussolini starts a Fascist Party Jan 1, 1922 Establishment of the USSR in Russia Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini takes over italy Jan 21, 1924 Lenin dies and Stalin takes over Russia Aug 27, 1928 Us and 61 other countries sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact Jan 1, 1931 Japanese invade Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 Hitler begins to build up his army Jan 1, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany makes the Third Reich Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes office Oct 1, 1935 Italian troops conquer Ethiopla Jan 1, 1936 German troops invade the Rhineland Jul 7, 1936 Japan invades China Jul 17, 1936 Civil war begins in Spain under Francisco Franco Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces secert plans for lebensraum Jan 1, 1938 Munich Agreement Sudetenland to Germany Mar 1, 1938 Hitler takes Austria Mar 19, 1938 Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler Jan 1, 1939 Non-aggeression pact; Germany and Russia divide poland Jan 1, 1939 Germany invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg Jan 1, 1939 Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months) Jan 28, 1939 Franco is successful in Spain 1939-1947 Jan 1, 1940 Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain Apr 19, 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Jun 1, 1940 Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France Jun 1, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jan 1, 1941 British and French defeat at Dunkirk 1941-1943 Jan 1, 1944 Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany
