Paths to war

Mussolini invades ethiopia

Oct 21, 1935

in october 1935 mussolanian forces ivaded ethiopia. Angered by french and british oppositions to his invasion, mussilanians welcomed hitlers support

Formation of Rome-Berlin Axis

Oct 25, 1936

Coalition formed in 1935 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy's foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries

Hitler demands the sudetenland

Sep 15, 1938

He demanded that germany be given the sudentenland, an area in the north western czechoslovakia that was inhabited largley by germans

Hitler invades poland

Sep 1, 1939

German forces invaded poland. 2 days later britain and france declared war on germany.

Japanese attacked at pearl harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S.