Pre-World War II Timeline By mdcp Jan 1, 1922 Japan signs treaty w/ China to respect borders Jan 1, 1928 Japan signs Kelllogg-Briand Pact to renounce war Jan 1, 1929 The Great Depression strikes Japan Sep 1, 1931 Japan takes Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 Japan withdraws from League of Nations Jan 1, 1935 U.S. begins passing the Neutrality Acts Mar 1, 1935 Hitler announces Germany will not obet Treaty of Versailles Oct 1, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia Mar 1, 1936 German troops march into Rhineland Jul 1, 1936 Spanish Civil War begins Oct 1, 1936 Italy and Germany make an alliance Nov 1, 1936 Germany, Italy, and Japan form an alliance Jan 1, 1937 Japan invades China; starts a full-scale war Mar 1, 1938 Germany annexes Austria Sep 1, 1938 Hitler demands to have Sudetenland Sep 1, 1938 Munich Conference Jan 1, 1939 Franco becomes dictator of Spain Jan 1, 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia Jan 1, 1939 Italy invades Albania Aug 1, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign a non-agression pact Aug 1, 1939 Germany signs non-aggresion pact w/ Russia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and Britain declare war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland Mar 1, 1940 Finland surrenders to Soviet Union Apr 1, 1940 Germnay invades Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg Jun 14, 1940 Germany takes Paris Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Sep 1, 1940 Germany begins bombing of British cities Sep 1, 1940 Battle of Britain Mar 1, 1941 Hitler sends Rommel to help Italian troops in euopre Apr 1, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 1, 1941 Germany invades Societ Union Sep 4, 1941 German U-boats sink U.S. destroyer Sep 8, 1941 Germany puts Leningrad under siege Oct 2, 1941 Germany tries to take Moscow
