Events Leading to WWII By Tatianaafaisen Jan 1, 1922 Japan signs treaty with China to respect Chinas border Apr 12, 1928 Japan signs Kelllogg-Briand pact renouncing war Apr 12, 1929 Great Depression Sep 12, 1931 Japanese Army seized Manchuria Mar 12, 1933 Japan withdraws from League of Nations Feb 12, 1935 U.S begins passing the Neutrality Acts Mar 15, 1935 Hitler announces Germany will not obey Treaty of Versailles Oct 12, 1935 Mussolini ordered a massive attack of Ethiopia Mar 12, 1936 German troops move into Rhineland Jul 12, 1936 Spanish civil war Oct 12, 1936 Italy and Germany make an alliance Nov 1, 1936 Germany made an agreement with Japan Apr 10, 1937 Japan invades China; full-scale war between Japan and China Mar 14, 1938 Germany annexes Austria Sep 14, 1938 Germany takes sudetenland Jan 14, 1939 Republic resistance collapsed Mar 14, 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia Apr 14, 1939 Italy invades Albania Aug 14, 1939 leaders signed a nonaggression pact Aug 23, 1939 Stalin and Hitler sign a non-aggression pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitlers suprise attack on Poland Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invaeds eastern Poland, Lithuania,Latvia,Estonia, and Finland Mar 14, 1940 Stalin forces finns to acccept surrender terms Apr 14, 1940 Hitler launched a suprise attack on Denmark and Norway May 14, 1940 Germany invades, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg Jun 14, 1940 Germans take Paris Jun 22, 1940 French leaders surrendered Jul 14, 1940 Germany Luftwaffe begins bombing of British cities Sep 10, 1940 Germany Luftwaffe begins bombing Mar 14, 1941 Hitler sends Rommel to help italin troops in Egypt Apr 14, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 14, 1941 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Sep 4, 1941 German U-boat fired on U.S destroyer Sep 8, 1941 German forces put Leningrad under siege Oct 2, 1941 Germans try to take Moscow
