World War II By emilka Sep 18, 1931 Japan seizes Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Feb 24, 1933 Japan leaves the League of Nations Mar 7, 1936 Germany reoccupies the Rhineland Oct 25, 1936 The Rome-Berlin Axis is signed Nov 25, 1936 Japan and Germany agree to the Anti-Comitern alliance Jul 7, 1937 China engages and begins to fight Japan Dec 13, 1937 Japan captures China's capital Mar 12, 1938 Anschluss Aug 12, 1938 Hitler rearms Germany Sep 30, 1938 The Munich Conference Mar 15, 1939 Germany occupies all of Czechoslovakia Aug 14, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Nonagression Pact is signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 22, 1940 Japan announces that it wants French Indochina Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked