1921-1938

World War II Timeline

July 29, 1921

Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party.

October 29, 1922

Fascist leader Benito Mussolini is appointed the Premier of Italy.

January 3, 1925

Mussolini ends democracy in Italy by dismissing the Italian Parliament.

January 30, 1933

Adolph Hitler is appointed the Chancellor of Germany.

June 14, 1933

The Nazis make all other political parties in Germany illegal.

October 25, 1936

Hitler and Mussolini announced a Rome-Berlin alliance -- the Axis.

March 12, 1938

Germany invades Austria and annexes it the next day.

September 29, 1938

Germany, Britain, France, and Italy sign the Munich Pact allowing Germany to invade the Sudeten territories of Czechoslovakia.