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Frusterated by French and British opposition to his invasion, Mussolini supported Hitler.
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Mussolini and Hitler made an agreement reconizing their economic and political interests. The alliance of of Italy and Germany began.
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Hitler demanded that germany should be given to the sudetenland, an area already populated with many germans.
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German forces invaded Poland. Two days after this occured, Britian and France declared war on Germany.
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Japan dropped explosives on an american Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack lasted for over 2 hours and was motovated by the United States refusing to help Japan by giving them raw materials.
