WWII By erica_e Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Period: Oct 2, 1935 to May 5, 1936 Italy invades and annexes Ethiopia Nov 25, 1936 Anti-Comintern Pact signed Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China Apr 7, 1939 Italy annexes Albania Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 France declares war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades the Netherlands Jun 22, 1941 Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 7, 1944 Bomb dropped on Pearl Harbor Jan 27, 1945 Awschwitz liberation Aug 6, 1945 Bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Bomb dropped on Nagasaki