Road to WWII By Marco Arellano Oct 3, 1935 Italian Invasion of Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 German reoccupation of the Rhineland Jul 7, 1937 Beginning of WWII Mar 12, 1938 German Annexation of Austria Sep 30, 1938 Munich Conference Sep 1, 1939 German Invasion of Poland Sep 27, 1940 Signing of the Tripartite Pact