WW2

Fight !

Sep 18, 1931

Japan invades Manchuria.

Fascist

Oct 2, 1935

Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia.

Treaty is signed

Oct 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on October 25; on November 1, the Rome-Berlin Axis is announced.

Anit-Comintern Pact

Nov 3, 1936

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.

Japan invades China!

Jul 7, 1937

Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

Germany

Mar 11, 1938

Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss.

Munich Agreement

Sep 29, 1938

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.

Integrity

Mar 31, 1939

France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.

invading

Apr 7, 1939

Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania.

Nonagression agreement

Aug 23, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

germany invaeds poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.

Declare War

Sep 3, 1939

Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Invading Poland

Sep 17, 1939

The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east

Surrenders

Sep 27, 1939

Warsaw surrenders on September 27. The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them.

Germany Invading

Apr 9, 1940

Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.

Soviet Union invades Finland

Nov 30, 1940

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.

Bulgaria joins the axis

Mar 1, 1941

Bulgaria joins the axis. The axis-Russian border now stretch from the Baltic sea to the black sea.

Rommel attacks

Mar 3, 1941

Rommel attacks the British forces in north Africa.

Germany invades

Apr 6, 1941

Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece

German Pressure

Mar 14, 1949

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.