WWII By rheannxblas Jan 1, 1922 Japan signs treaty with China to respect China's borders Jan 1, 1928 Japan signs Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war Jan 1, 1929 The Great Depression Sep 1, 1931 Japanese Army seized Manchuria Jan 1, 1933 Japan withdraws from League of Nations Jan 1, 1935 U.S. begins passing the Neutrality Acts Mar 1, 1935 Hitler announces Germany will not obey Treaty of Versailles Oct 1, 1935 Mussolini ordered an Invasion on Ethiopia Mar 1, 1936 German troops moved into Rhineland Jul 1, 1936 Army leaders joined General Francisco Franco in a revolt Oct 1, 1936 Italy and Germany make an alliance Nov 1, 1936 Germany, Italy, and Japan become axis powers Jul 1, 1937 Japan invades China; full-scale war between Japan and China Mar 1, 1938 Hitler sent army to Austria and annexed it Sep 1, 1938 Germany takes Sudetenland Sep 29, 1938 Munich Conference Jan 1, 1939 Republican resistance collapsed Mar 1, 1939 Germany invades Czechchoslovakia Apr 1, 1939 Italy invades Albania Aug 1, 1939 Leaders signed a Nonaggression Pact Aug 23, 1939 Stalin and Hitler sign a Non-aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler's surprise attack took place at dawn Sep 3, 1939 France and Great Britain declare war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades Eastern Poland, Lithuania, Lativa, Etonia, Finland Jan 1, 1940 German Luftwaffe begins bombing of Brithish cities (Battle of Britain) Feb 1, 1940 Hitler sends Rommel to help Italian troops in Egypt Mar 1, 1940 Stalin forced the Finns to accept his surrender terms Apr 1, 1940 Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg Jun 14, 1940 Germany takes Paris Jun 22, 1940 French leaders surrendered Sep 1, 1940 Began focusing on citing especially in London, to break British morale Apr 1, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 1, 1941 German tanks and aircraft announced the beginning of invasion Sep 4, 1941 German U-boat fired on a U.S. destroyer in the Atlantic Sep 8, 1941 German forces put Leningrad under siege Oct 2, 1941 Germany tries to take Moscow
