World War II comes to Europe

  • Japan attacks Manchuria

    Japan attacks Manchuria
    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria
  • Germany and Japan leave League of Nations

    Germany and Japan leave League of Nations
    Germany renounced its role in the Conference for the ... Japan itself would withdraw from the League of Nations in 1935 to pursue i
  • US Neutrality Acts

    US Neutrality Acts
    The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World
  • Japan attacks China

    Japan attacks China
    The Chinese-Japanese dispute in July 1931
  • Germany takes Austria

    Germany annexes Austria on Mar 12, 1938. ... Before the plebiscite could take place, however
  • Munich Peace Conference

    Munich Peace Conference
    Munich Agreement, Mussolini, Benito; Hitler, Adolf; Chamberlain, Neville ... Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Germany takes Czechoslovakia

    Germany takes Czechoslovakia
    Hitler's forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact
  • Non-Aggression Pact

    Non-Aggression Pact
    in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland
  • France Falls to the Germans

    France Falls to the Germans
    The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain