31.4 & 32.1 TimeLine By randijopaulino Jan 1, 1922 Japan signs treaty with China to respect China's borders Jan 1, 1928 Japan signs Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war Jan 1, 1929 The Great Depression Struck Sep 1, 1931 The Japanese army seized Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 japan withdraws from league of nations Jan 1, 1935 U.S. begins passing the Neutrality Acts Mar 1, 1935 Hitler announces Germany will not obey Treaty of Versailles Oct 1, 1935 Mussolimi ordered a massive invasion Oct 1, 1935 Mussolini ordered a massive inasion of ethiopia Mar 1, 1936 German troops moved into Rhineland Mar 1, 1936 German troops moved into Rhineland Jul 1, 1936 Army leaders, favoring a Fascist-style government, joined general Fransisco Franco in a revolt Oct 1, 1936 Italy and Germany make an alliance Nov 1, 1936 Germany also made an agreement with Japan Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China; full-scale war between Japan and China Mar 1, 1938 Hitler sent his army into Austria and he annexed it Sep 1, 1938 Munich Conference Mar 1, 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia Apr 1, 1939 Italy invades Albania Aug 1, 1939 Signed a non-aggression pact Aug 1, 1939 Stalin and Hitler sign an non-aggression pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades and conqures Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and Great Britain decalred war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades eastern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finalnd Mar 1, 1940 Stalin forced Finns to surrender Apr 1, 1940 Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxenbourg Jun 14, 1940 Germans take Paris Jun 22, 1940 French leaders surrender to Germany Sep 1, 1940 Germany Luftwaffe begins bombing of British Cities Sep 1, 1940 Italy invades Egypt Mar 1, 1941 Hitler sends Rommel to help Italian troops in Egypt Apr 14, 1941 Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 13, 1941 German tanks and aircrafts announced beginning of invasion Sep 4, 1941 German U-boat fired on U.S. destroyed in the Atlantic Sep 8, 1941 German forces put Leningrad under siege Oct 2, 1941 Germans try to take Moscow