1. Pacific
1.1. 1931
1.1.1. Japanese military invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria
1.2. July 7, 1937
1.2.1. The start of the 2nd Sino-Japanese war
1.3. December 13, 1937
1.3.1. Beginning of the Nanking Massacre
1.3.1.1. an episode of mass murder & mass rape committed by Japanese troops
1.4. December 7, 1941
1.4.1. The attack on Pearl Harbor
1.4.1.1. Surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
1.5. Early 1942
1.5.1. Doolittle Raid
1.5.1.1. Air raid by the US on the Japanese capital, Tokyo
2. Africa
2.1. May 1940
2.1.1. African soldiers = 9% of French army prior to German defeat
2.2. July 1940
2.2.1. British ships sank French fleet in Algeria
2.3. August 1940
2.3.1. French forces captured the port of Libreville in French Equatorial Africa
2.4. September 1940
2.4.1. French forces failed to capture Dakar
2.5. early 1941
2.5.1. First British military landings took place along the Somali coast
3. Europe
3.1. October 1935 - May 1936
3.1.1. Fascist Italy invades, conquers and annexes Ethiopia
3.2. October - November 1936
3.2.1. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation
3.2.1.1. November 1, 1936 - the Rome-Berlin Axis is announced
3.3. March 1938
3.3.1. Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss
3.4. September 29, 1938
3.4.1. Germany, Italy, Great Britain and France sign the Munich Agreement
3.4.1.1. forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany
3.5. March 1939
3.5.1. Under German pressure, Slovak's declare their independence
3.5.1.1. form a Slovak Republic