WWII timeline

By stoyanoff

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Most important peace treaty that affected the WWI. The peace treaty ended WWI. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

  • Mussolini assumes power in Italy

    Mussolini assumes power in Italy
    29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista; PNF), ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Known as II Duce

  • Hitler assumes power in Germany

    Hitler assumes power in Germany
    Hitler's rise can be considered to have ended in March 1933, after the Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act of 1933 in that month. President Paul von Hindenburg had already appointed Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 after a series of parliamentary elections and associated backroom intrigues. Hitler assumed power in january 1933.