Events Leading Up to WWII By sydneyconnelly2017 Oct 25, 1936 Formation of Rome-Berlin Axis A Coalition formed between Italy and Germany in 1936. It was an agreement created by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano. It was later formalized by the Pact of Steel in 1939, and later went to include Japan as well. Mar 30, 2015 Hitler Demands the Sudetenland