World War II Build-up
Who, What, Where, When
March on Rome
October 1922
Hitler writes
Mein Kampf
July 1925
Japan invades
Manchuria
September 1931
Hitler becomes
Chancellor of
Germany
January 1933
Nanjing
Massacre
December 1937
Italy invades
Ethiopia
October 1935
Hitler occupies the
Rhineland
March 1936
Spanish Civil War
July 1936
Franco becomes
Dictator of Spain
October 1, 1936
The Rome-Berlin
Axis is formed
October 25, 1936
United States passes first of
The Neutrality Acts
August 1935
Hitler annexes Austria:
the Anschluss
March 1938
The Munich
Conference
September 1938
Nazi & Soviet
Non-aggression Pact
August 1939
Germany invades
Poland
September 1939
France Surrenders
Battle of Britain
begins
June 1940
Soviet Union
June 1941
Japan Attacks
Pearl Harbor
December 1941