Timeline - Hirohito's War
| 1930 | January, June, November |
| 1931 | September |
| 1932 | May, October |
| 1933 | January - March |
| 1934 | July - October |
| 1935 | January - September |
| 1936 | February - December |
| 1937 | June - December |
| 1938 | January - November |
| 1939 | March - December |
| 1940 | March - December |
| 1941 | March - November |
| December | |
| 1942 | January |
| February | |
| March | |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1943 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1944 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1945 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - October | |
PACIFIC WAR TIMELINE
1939
15 March: Czechoslovakia: Country annexed by the Nazis.
April: America: Roosevelt warns of the dangers to America of the ‘autarkic’ tendencies of the totalitarian states.
24 July: Great Britain: Prime Minister Chamberlain signs the Cragie-Arita Agreement whereby, in appeasement of Japan, British rights in the international settlement in Shanghai were curtailed while Japan was allowed special rights.
24 August: Germany-Russia: Hitler and Stalin to Japan’s surprise sign the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact.
25 August: Poland: Britain and Poland sign a mutual assistance treaty.
3 September: Poland: Germany invades Poland and Britain and France declare war.
29 September: Poland: Soviets and Nazis divide up Poland.
30 November: Finland: Soviets attack neighboring Finland in the start of the Winter War.
December: America: Roosevelt agrees a US25m credit for Japan.