world war ll timeline asher stiehl By msdederich Period: Mar 8, 1919 to Mar 8, 1922 fascist party rises to power in italy Period: Nov 8, 1919 to Nov 8, 1923 nazi party rises to power in germony Mar 9, 1920 japan lacking land and natural resources becomes land-hungry and looks to establish an empire May 11, 1922 mussolini is appointed prime minister of italy Nov 8, 1923 hitler tries to overthrow german government, but fails and is imprisoned Mar 9, 1930 japans economy worsens as a resalt of the great depression Mar 9, 1930 amarica passes a series of nutrality acts saying that the us would withhold weapns and loans from all nations at war Mar 9, 1931 japans army seizes manchuria Period: Mar 9, 1931 to Mar 9, 1936 japans military takes over government Jan 8, 1933 nazi party is the largest political party in germanys reichstag and hitler becomes head of the german state Oct 8, 1935 mussolini and italy invade ethiopia Mar 8, 1936 hitler signs and alliance with mussolini, forming the axis powers Mar 8, 1938 hitler annexes austria Mar 9, 1938 german troops invade the rhineland Sep 8, 1938 hitler demands the sudetenland britain and france agree in the munich conference Sep 8, 1938 hitler annexes czechoslakia Mar 9, 1939 fdr moves amarican pacific fleet from san diego to pearl harbor Mar 31, 1939 britain and france pledge support to poland in the event that it is invaded by germany Sep 1, 1939 hitler invades poland- blitzkrieg Sep 3, 1939 france and great britain declare war on germony Mar 9, 1940 japan controls most of eastern china Mar 9, 1940 amarica first committee forms to fight for amarican isolationism May 10, 1940 germany launches blitzkrieg on belgium Jun 14, 1940 german troops enter paris and france surrenders Sep 9, 1940 japan allies with germany and italy Sep 9, 1940 congress authorizes the first peacetime draft in the nations history Nov 9, 1940 roosevelt is reelected to a third term Dec 8, 1940 german begins bombing england/battel of britain Mar 9, 1941 lend lease act Mar 9, 1941 japanese forces occupy indochina us freezes japans amarican assets and cut off trade Apr 9, 1941 japan signs neutrality pact with sovit union Nov 25, 1941 japanese fleet begins moving tword southeast asia us demands that japan withdraw from tripartite pact Dec 7, 1941 amarican military base pearl harbor is attacked by japanese warplanes Dec 7, 1941 united states declare war on japan Dec 9, 1941 german raids on england end Dec 10, 1941 germany and itily declare war on amarica