Causes of WW2 By rambo870 Period: Mar 8, 1919 to Mar 8, 1922 Facist Party rises to power in Italy Period: Mar 8, 1919 to Mar 8, 1923 Nazi Party rises to power in Germany Mar 9, 1920 Japan lacking land and natural resources, becomes land hungary and looks to establish an empire Mar 8, 1922 Mussaloni is appointed Prime Minister of Italy Nov 1, 1923 Hitler tries to overthrow Germangovernment,but fails and is imprisoned Mar 9, 1930 Japans economy worsens as a result of the great depression Mar 9, 1930 America First Commitee forms to fight for american isolationism Mar 9, 1931 Japans army seizes Manchuria Mar 9, 1931 Japans military takes over government Jan 1, 1933 Nazi Party is largest political party in Germany's Reichstag & Hitler becomes head of the German state Oct 1, 1935 Mussolini & Italy invade Ethiopia Mar 8, 1936 Hitler signs an alliance with Mussolini,forming the Axis Powers Mar 9, 1936 German troops invade the Rhineland Mar 8, 1938 Hitler annexes Austria Mar 9, 1938 FDR moves american fleet from san diego to Pearl Harbor Sep 1, 1938 Hitler demands the sudetenland; Britian and France agree in the Munich Confrence Mar 1, 1939 Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia Mar 9, 1939 America passes a series of neutrality acts to withhold weapons during war Mar 31, 1939 Britain and France pledge support to Poland in the event that it is invaded by Germany Mar 9, 1940 Japan controls most of eastern china Apr 9, 1940 sitzkrieg ends-Germany attackes Denmark & Norway May 10, 1940 Germany launches blitzkrieg on belgium Period: Jun 14, 1940 to Jun 17, 1940 German troops enter Paris & France surenders Sep 1, 1940 Hitler invades Poland-Blitzkrieg Sep 1, 1940 Japan allies with Germany & Italy- Tripartite Act Sep 1, 1940 Congress authorizes the first peacetime draft in the nations history- selective service Act Sep 3, 1940 France & Great Britain declare war on Germany Nov 9, 1940 Roosevelt is reelcted to a third term Period: Dec 1, 1940 to Dec 1, 1941 Germany begins bombing England/ Battle of Britain Mar 1, 1941 Lend lease act Mar 9, 1941 Japenese forces occupy Indochina; Us freezes Japans American Trade Apr 1, 1941 Japan signs neutrality pact with Soviet Union Nov 25, 1941 Jaqpenese fleet begins moving toward southeast Asia; us demands Japan withdraw from tripartite act Dec 1, 1941 German raids on England end Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacked by Japenese warplanes Dec 8, 1941 Us declares war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany & Italy declare war on US
