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Japan invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately ... -
Italy attacks Ethiopia
Ethiopia (Abyssinia), which Italy had unsuccessfully tried to conquer in the 1890s, was in 1934 one of the few independent states in a European-dominated Africa. -
Germany occupies Rhineland
On 7 March 1936 German troops marched into the Rhineland. This action was directly against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. -
Japan invades china
In the 1930s, the Japanese were determined to extend their empire. They ruled in Korea, but they also controlled the Manchurian railway. -
Germany annexes Austria
On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
Germany takes sudetenland
The incorporation of the Sudetenland into National Socialist Germany left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak and it became powerless to resist subsequent . -
Italy conquers Albania
On this day in History, Italy invades Albania on Apr 07, 1939. -
Germany seizes czchoslovakia
The incorporation of the Sudetenland into National Socialist Germany left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak and it became powerless to resist subsequent .
