WW2 By Taelah Morgan 1937 Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1938 German Anschluss with Austria 1939 Russia and Germany sign pact 1939 Hitler invades Poland Period: 1939 to 1945 WW2 1939–1945 1940 Hitler invades Denmark and Norway 1940 Chamberlain resigns 1940 Italy enters war on side of Axis powers 1942 Battle of Midway 1942 Battle of Stalingrad/ Allies push into N. Africa 1943 Allies take Sicily 1943 Italy surrenders 1944 Rome liberated