World War II Timeline (1935 - 1945)

By pimpinmartin

  • Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    Italian invasion of Ethiopia
    To impose economic sanctions on that nation. The Ethiopian army was utterly unprepared to resist a modern European force.The British policy ruined the Italy's plan to conquer Ethiopia.

  • Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War
    the Spanish Civil War was a prelude to the outbreak of World War II. Italy was the first nation to react positively to the Spanish nationalist call for assistance.

  • Rape of Nanjing in China

    Rape of Nanjing in China
    About 150,000 people died.The Japenesse went to the capital of China and raped many women and children. They also destroyed most of the City.

  • German annexation of the Sudetenland

    German annexation of the Sudetenland
    Hitler invaded the German populated areas of Sudetenland.Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier had conceded the Sudetenland to the Germans.

  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    Hitler was the leader of the invasion. Poland's army torn apart in two weeks.

  • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany