WW II By Smilton17 Sep 18, 1931 Manchuria Japan invades Manchuria Oct 2, 1936 Annexed Ethiopia Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and Ethiopia Oct 25, 1936 Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China Mar 11, 1938 Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss Sep 29, 1938 Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement Mar 14, 1939 Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic. Mar 31, 1939 France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state. Apr 7, 1939 Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania. Aug 23, 1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. Sep 17, 1939 The Soviet Union invades Poland form the east. Sep 27, 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union divides Poland between them. Nov 30, 1939 The Soviet Union invades Finland, initiating the so-called Winter War. Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 Germany attacks Western Europe-- France and neutral low countries. Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France Jun 28, 1940 The Soviet Union occupies the Baltic State Sep 13, 1940 The Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya. Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. Oct 1, 1940 Italy invades Greece from Albania on October 28. Feb 3, 1941 The Germans send the Afrika Korps to North Africa to reinforce the faltering Italians. Mar 1, 1941 Bulgaria joins the Axis. Apr 6, 1941 Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invade and dismember Yugoslavia. Dec 6, 1941 A Soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans from the Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat. Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Sep 9, 1943 Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples. Nov 6, 1943 Soviet troops liberate Kiev. Jan 22, 1944 Allied troops land successfully near Anzio, just south of Rome.