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September 1931: Japan Invades Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
October 1935: Italy attacks Ethiopia
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. -
March 1936: Germany occupies Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German military forces entered the Rhineland. -
July 1937: Japan invades China
was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. It followed the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95. -
March 1938: Germany annexes Austria
was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and incorporation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938. -
September 1938: Germany takes Sudetenland
to refer to those northern, southwest, and western areas of Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by German speakers, specifically the border districts of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia located within Czechoslovakia. -
March 1939: Germany seizes Czechoslovakia
began with the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. -
April 1939: Italy conquers Albania
was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom
