Causes of WW2 By erinfaella Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Dec 31, 1922 Fascist Party rises to power in italy Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Dec 31, 1923 Nazi Party rises to power in Germany Jan 1, 1920 Japan becomes land-hungry Jan 1, 1922 Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister of Italy Nov 1, 1923 Hiltler is imprisened for trying to overthrow government Jan 1, 1930 Great Depression makes Japans economy worsen Jan 1, 1931 Japan's army seizes Northern China Period: Jan 1, 1931 to Jan 1, 1937 Japan's military takes over government Jan 1, 1933 Nazi party is largest in Reichstag, Hitler becomes head of state Oct 1, 1935 Mussolini and Italy invade Ethiopia Jan 1, 1936 Hitler and Mussolini form Axis Power Mar 9, 1936 German troops invade the Rhineland Jan 1, 1938 FDR moves American Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor Mar 1, 1938 Hitler annexes Austria Sep 1, 1938 Hitler demands Sudetenland, Britain and France agree in Munich Conference Jan 1, 1939 America passes Nuetrality Acts saying US would not loan weapons during wartime Mar 1, 1939 HItler annexes Czechoslovakia Mar 31, 1939 Britain and France pledge support if Poland is invaded Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and Britain declair war on Germany Jan 1, 1940 Japan controls most of eastern China Jan 1, 1940 America First Committee forms Apr 9, 1940 Germany attacks Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Germany attacks Belgium Period: Jun 14, 1940 to Jun 20, 1940 German troops enter Paris, and France surrenders Sep 1, 1940 Triapartie Pact with Japan, Germany and Italy Sep 1, 1940 Congress authorizes the first peace time draft Nov 1, 1940 Roosevelt is reelected to a third term Dec 1, 1940 Battle of Britain Mar 1, 1941 Lend Lease Act Apr 1, 1941 Japan signs nutraility pact with Soviet Union Jul 1, 1941 Japan forces occupy Indochina; US freezes Japans's American assets and cuts off trade Nov 25, 1941 US demands Japan withdraw from Triparite Pact Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japanese warplanes Dec 8, 1941 United States declares war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declair war on the United States Dec 31, 1941 German raids on England end