World War II By vcarson Sep 18, 1931 Japan invade Manchuria Oct 25, 1936 Nazi Germany and Fiscist Italy sign a treaty of corraperration Mar 31, 1939 Rome-Berline axis is announced Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invade Poland from the east Sep 13, 1940 The Italian invade British controlled Eygept from Itallian contrrolled Lybis Oct 20, 1944 US troops land in Phillipens Aug 9, 1945 US drop atomic bomb on Mogassaki Sep 2, 1945 World War II ended