World War II - Walsh By facebooker_100007181766753 Jan 1, 1922 Japan signs treaty with China to respect their Borders Jan 1, 1928 Japan signs Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war Jan 1, 1929 Great Depression strikes Japan Sep 1, 1931 Japanese army seizes Manchuria Oct 1, 1933 Japan withdraws from League of Nations Jan 1, 1935 U.S. begins passing the Neutrality Acts Mar 14, 1935 Hitler disobeys Treaty of Versailles Oct 14, 1935 Italy attacks Ethiopia Mar 14, 1936 Germany occupies Rhineland Jul 14, 1936 Army leaders join Franco, causing Civil War Oct 14, 1936 Italy and Germany make an alliance Nov 14, 1936 Axis powers were formed Jul 14, 1937 Japan invades China, begins full-scale war Mar 14, 1938 Germany annexes Austria Sep 1, 1938 Germany takes Sudentenland Sep 14, 1938 Munich Conference Jan 14, 1939 More invasions take place; Poles refuse to give aid Mar 14, 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia Apr 14, 1939 Italy invades Albania Aug 14, 1939 Nonagression pact is signed Aug 15, 1939 Stalin and Hitler sign a non-aggression pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler used the Blitzkrieg on Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and Great Britain declare war on Germany Sep 15, 1939 Soviet Union invades eastern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland Mar 15, 1940 Stalin forces Finns to surrender to Soviet Union Apr 15, 1940 Hitler launches suprise attack on Denmark and Norway May 15, 1940 Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg Jun 14, 1940 Germans take Paris Jun 22, 1940 French leaders surrender to Germany Sep 7, 1940 Germany Leftwaffe begins bombing of British cities (Battle of Britain) Mar 15, 1941 Hitler sends Rommel to help Italian troops in Egypt Apr 15, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 15, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union Sep 4, 1941 German U-boat fires on U.S. destroyer Sep 8, 1941 Germans seige Leningrad Oct 2, 1941 Germans try to take Moscow
