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Japan Invades Manchuria
The Japanese controlled the Manchurian railway, and soon the Manchurians attacked them, Thousands of Chinese soilders were killed. -
Italy attacks Ethiopia
In WWII, Ethiopia became a battleground between Italian forces and British forces since the two countries shared bordering territories in East Africa. -
Germany occupies Rhineland
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
Japan invades China
Japan's invasion of China was due to Japan's desire to be an imperial power. There was both an economic and a militaristic element to this desire. -
Germany annexes Austria
On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Germany takes Sudetenland
Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland. -
Germany seizes Czechoslovakia
Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims. -
Italy conquers Albania
In an effort to mimic Hitler’s conquest of Prague, Benito Mussolini’s troops, though badly organized, invade and occupy Albania.
