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Japan Invades Manchuria
On this date Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. They had also controlled the railway. -
Italy Attacks Ethiopia
The Italians invaded Ethiopia because they rejected all arbitration offers. -
Germany Occupies Rhineland
This occured because it was directly against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. -
Japan Invades China
The Japanese invaded China proper, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese military was not only better armed and organized, they were also incredibly brutal. -
Germany Annexes Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
Germany Takes Sudetenland
Leaders of Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia that was home to many ethnic Germans. -
Germany Seizes Czechoslovakia
During a meeting with Czech President Emil Hacha–a man considered weak, and possibly even senile–Hitler threatened a bombing raid against Prague, the Czech capital, unless he obtained from Hacha free passage for German troops into Czech borders. -
Italy Conquers Albaina
A response was required by 6 April 1939. This was kept secret by the Albanian government which offered a counterproposal on 5 April. This in turn was disregarded by Italy which started landing troops on 7 April.