World War 2 By tifftiff Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Dec 1, 1945 World War 2 Timeline Sep 14, 1930 Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invaded Manchuria Japan invaded Manchuria Apr 1, 1933 Nazis boycott Jewish owned shops May 10, 1933 Nazis burn book in Germany Jul 14, 1933 Nazi party declared Germany's only political party Oct 14, 1933 Germany quits the league of nations Jun 30, 1934 "The Nazi Light of Long Knives" Sep 15, 1935 German Jews stripped of rights by Numberg race laws May 9, 1936 Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia Jul 18, 1936 Civil war erupts in Spain Oct 1, 1936 Franco decalred head of Spanish state Nov 25, 1936 Nazi Germnay and Imperial Japan sign the anti-comintern pact Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades china, initiating World War 2 Sep 29, 1938 Germany, italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslavk republic to cede the Sudentanland Mar 28, 1939 Spanish civil war ends May 22, 1939 Nazis sign "Pact of steel" with Italy Mar 12, 1940 Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway Jun 22, 1940 France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany Sep 3, 1940 Hitler plan Operation Sea lion (the invasion of Britain
