Timeline of events preceding World War II

This Timeline of events preceding World War II covers the events of the interwar period (1918-1939) after World War I that affected or led to World War II.

Leaders of Major Participating Countries

Mussolini
Fascist Italy
1922-1943

Hitler
 Nazi Germany
1933-1945

Hirohito
 Imperial Japan
1926-1989

Chiang Kai-shek
 China
1928-1975

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