World War two By C_Fallo Jan 1, 1930 mid-1930s The United States Congress passed a series of Neutralty Acts Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Dec 1, 1945 World War 2 Jan 1, 1931 1 January 1931, Japan seizied Manchuria Jan 1, 1935 Italy takes Ethiopia Jan 1, 1936 A conservative general named Francis franco led a revolt touched off a bloody civil war Jan 1, 1936 Hitler sends troops into the Demilitarized Rhinelands bordering France Jan 1, 1936 a local struggle in Spain polerized public opinion through Europe Jan 1, 1937 Japanese overran much of eastern China starting second Shino-Japanese war Apr 1, 1937 A German air raid on Guerrica, a small spanish market town Mar 1, 1938 Hitler was ready to engineeer the Anschius Anschius- union of Austria and Germany Sep 1, 1938 Munich Jan 1, 1939 Franco had triumph he became a facist dictator like hitler and mussolini