World War II By shelbyshepherd Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Oct 2, 1935 Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China, start World War II in the Pacific. Apr 7, 1939 Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania. Sep 17, 1939 The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east. Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21. Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Jul 10, 1943 US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily. Sep 9, 1943 Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples. Oct 20, 1944 US troops land in the Philippines. Apr 16, 1945 The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin. Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. Aug 6, 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Aug 9, 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Sep 2, 1945 Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
