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Timeline of events preceding World War II

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1939

March

March 15, 1939

The German Army invades Czechoslovakia

March 21, 1939

Adolf Hitler demands the free city of Danzig in Poland.

March 29, 1939

The United Kingdom and France pledge to support Poland.

April

April 1, 1939

End of Spanish Civil War.

April 7, 1939

Italy invades and occupies Albania.

April 13, 1939

The United Kingdom and France pledge to support Romania and Greece.

April 18, 1939

The Soviet Union proposes a triple alliance with the United Kingdom and France. The UK and France refuse.

May

May 17, 1939

Sweden, Norway and Finland reject Germany's offer of non-aggression pacts.

June

June 14, 1939

Tientsin Incident, Japanese blockade the British and French in the North China Treaty Port of Tientsin.

July

July 10, 1939

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain reaffirms support for Poland and makes it clear that Britain did not view Danzig as being an internal German-Polish affair and would intervene on behalf of Poland if hostilities broke out between the two countries.

August

August 23, 1939

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union with secret provisions for the division of Eastern Europe.

See also

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