WWII Time Line By Rinkaaaa Jan 1, 1922 Japan signd treaty with China to respect China's borders Jan 1, 1928 Japan signs Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war Jan 1, 1929 Great Depression struck 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 the Treaty of Versailles Oct 1, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia (Spanish Civil War) Mar 1, 1936 German troops move to Rhineland Jul 1, 1936 Spanish Civil War Oct 1, 1936 Italy and Germany make an alliance Nov 1, 1936 Germany made an agreement with Japan Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China; full-scale war between Japan and China Mar 1, 1938 Germany annexes Austria Sep 1, 1938 Germany takes Sudetenland Sep 1, 1938 Munich Conference Jan 1, 1939 Republican resistance collapsed Mar 1, 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia Apr 1, 1939 Italy invades Albania Aug 1, 1939 Stalin and Hitler sign a non-aggression pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 France & Great Britain declares war on Germany Sep 12, 1939 Germany invades Poland, Lithunia, Lativa, Estonia, and Finland Mar 1, 1940 Stalin forced the Finns to accept his surrender terms Apr 1, 1940 Hitler invades Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg Jun 14, 1940 Germany takes Paris Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jul 1, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 1, 1940 Germany invades Egypt & seizes Suez Canal Mar 1, 1941 Hitler sends Rommel to help Italian troops in Egypt Apr 1, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 1, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union Sep 4, 1941 German U-boat sinks U.S. destroyer Sep 8, 1941 German forces put Leningrad under siege Oct 1, 1941 Germans try to take Moscow
