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Start
Japan invades Manchuria. -
Period: to
world war 2
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Invades
Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. -
Treaty
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on October 25; on November 1, the Rome-Berlin Axis is announced. -
Japan and Germany
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement. -
Japan invades
Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific. -
Germany
Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss. -
Germany and Italy
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany. -
Germany under Pressure
Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic. The Germans occupy the rump Czech lands in violation of the Munich agreement, forming a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. -
France and Great Britain
France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state. -
Italy
Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania. -
Nazi
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence. -
Germany
Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. -
Polands borders
Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Poland gets invaded
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.And poland figures this out and tries to fight back. -
Warsaw surrenders
Warsaw surrenders on September 27. The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them. -
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union invades Finland, initiating the so-called Winter War. The Finns sue for an armistice and have to cede the northern shores of Lake Lagoda and the small Finnish coastline on the Arctic Sea to the Soviet Union. -
Germany invades Denmark
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.