World War II

End of WW I

Nov 11, 1918

End of WW I

Hitler joins Nazi party

Jan 20, 1919

Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy

Jan 20, 1921

Establishment of the USSR

Jan 20, 1922

Mussolini takes over in Italy

Oct 20, 1922

Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians

Jan 20, 1924

Us and other 61 countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact

Jan 20, 1928

Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Jan 20, 1931

Roosevelt takes office

Jan 20, 1933

Hitler becomes Changellor of Germany, est. the Third Reich

Jan 24, 1933

US begins passing Neutrality Acts

Jan 20, 1935

Hitler begins military buildup

Jan 20, 1935

Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco

Jan 20, 1936

German troops invade Rhineland

Jan 20, 1936

Italian troops conquer Ethiopia

May 20, 1936

Japan Invades China

Jan 24, 1937

Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum

Nov 5, 1937

Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum

Nov 5, 1937

Hitler takes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany

Sep 30, 1938

Franco is successful in Spain

Jan 24, 1939

Totalitarian government est. in USSR

Jan 25, 1939

Russian army into Finland (Finns surrender in three months)

Jan 25, 1939

Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler

Mar 15, 1939

Non-aggression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland

Aug 23, 1939

German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg

Sep 1, 1939

British and French defeat at Dunkirk

Jan 25, 1940

Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France

Jan 25, 1940

German invasion of Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

Defeat of Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg by Germany

May 25, 1940

France surrenders to Germany

Jun 22, 1940

Plans for invasion of Great Britain; beginning of Battle of Britain

Jun 25, 1940