WorldWar2

  • September 18 1931

    Japan invades Manchuria.
  • 8 November 1932

    Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President of the United States
  • 25 March 1933

    Japan withdraws from the League of Nations
  • 1 April 1939

    Civil War ends in Spain
  • June 10, 1940

    Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
  • July 10 1940

    The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany.
  • September 27 1940

    Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
  • Noveember

    The United States tells Japan to get out of China and Indochina.