Holocaust By caylee_warren Period: Sep 18, 1931 to 1937 Japan invades Manchuria Oct 2, 1935 Fascist Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia Oct 25, 1936 The Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of Cooperation Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 26, 1937 Italy joins Germany and Japan in the Anti-Comintern Pact Mar 11, 1938 Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss Sep 29, 1938 Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland Mar 14, 1939 Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic Sep 27, 1939 Warsaw surrenders on September 27. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them. Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21. 1941 The Germans send the Afrika Korps to North Africa to reinforce the faltering Italians. Oct 23, 1942 British troops defeat the Germans and Italians at El Alamein in Egypt May 13, 1943 Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign. Jun 4, 1944 Allied troops liberate Rome Sep 2, 1945 Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.