Honors World History TimeLine By miakiana Jan 1, 1922 Japana signs treaty with China to respect China's borders Aug 27, 1928 Japan signs Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war Jan 1, 1929 Great Depression Struck Sep 19, 1931 Japanes siezed Manchuria Sep 19, 1931 Japanes seized Manchuria Feb 24, 1933 Japan withdrew from League of Nations Aug 31, 1935 U.S. began passing the neutrality act Oct 1, 1935 Mussolini orders a massive invasion on Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 German troops moved into Rhineland Jul 18, 1936 Spanish Civil War Oct 1, 1936 Italy and Germany make an alliance Nov 1, 1936 Germany made an agreement with Japan forming the Axis Powers Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China Nov 5, 1937 Hitler announces Germany will not obey Treaty of Versailles Mar 12, 1938 Hitler sent his army into Austria and annexed it Sep 1, 1938 Hitler demanded that Sudetendland be given to Germany Sep 29, 1938 Munich Conference Jan 1, 1939 Franco comes to power in Spain Mar 1, 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia Apr 1, 1939 Italy invades Albania Aug 1, 1939 Gernany and Communist Russia sign a nonagrresion pact Aug 23, 1939 Stalin and Hitler sign a nonagression pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler Surprise attack on Polan Sep 3, 1939 France and Great Britain declare war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Sovite Union invades Eastern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland Mar 1, 1940 Stalin forced the Finns to accept his surrender Apr 9, 1940 Hitler launched surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemberg Jun 14, 1940 Germans take paris Jun 22, 1940 French leaders surrender and Germans take control of Northern parts Sep 13, 1940 Italy invades Egypt Mar 1, 1941 Hitler sends Rommel to help Italian Troops in Egypt Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades soviet union Sep 4, 1941 German U-boat firers U.S. destroyer Sep 8, 1941 German forces put Lemingrad under edge Oct 2, 1941 Germans try to take Moscow Jul 17, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad