Pre-World War II By aloydelarojo Feb 4, 1922 Japan signs treaty with China to respect its borders Period: Feb 4, 1922 to Oct 2, 1941 World War II Aug 27, 1928 Japan signs Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war Oct 24, 1929 Great Depression strikes Japan Sep 1, 1931 Japan seizes Manchuria Feb 23, 1933 Japan withdraws League of Nations Mar 1, 1935 Hitler announces Germany will not obey Treaty of Versailles Aug 31, 1935 U.S. begins passing Neutrality Acts Oct 1, 1935 Mussolini orders a massive invasion of Ethiopia Mar 1, 1936 German troops move into Rhineland Jul 1, 1936 Spanish Civil War breaks out Oct 1, 1936 Italy and Germany make an alliance Nov 1, 1936 Germany makes an agreement with Japan Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China; full-scale war between them Mar 1, 1938 Germany annexes Austria Sep 1, 1938 Germany takes Sudetenland Sep 1, 1938 Munich Conference Jan 1, 1939 Franco becomes Spains Fascist Dictator Mar 1, 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia Apr 1, 1939 Italy invades Albania Aug 1, 1939 Leaders sign a non-agression pact Aug 1, 1939 Stalin and Hitler sign a non-agression pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Warsaw, Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and Britain declare war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades Eatern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland Mar 1, 1940 Finns were forced to accept Stalin's surrender terms Apr 1, 1940 Hitler launches a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, and Lixembourg Jun 1, 1940 Battle of Britain Jun 14, 1940 Germany takes Paris Jun 22, 1940 French surredners and Germany takes control of Northern Part Sep 1, 1940 Germany focuses on London Mar 1, 1941 Hitler sends Rommel to help Italian troops in Egypt Apr 1, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 1, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union Sep 4, 1941 Germany U-boat fired at U.S. destroyer Sep 8, 1941 Germany puts Leningrad under seige Oct 2, 1941 Germans try to take Moscow
