Agression in Europe and asia 1930-1939

Japan invades manchura

Sep 18, 1931

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.

italy attacks ethoipia

Oct 3, 1935

germany occupies rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany.

japan invades china

Jul 7, 1937

japanese troops entering shenyang during the mukden incident.

germany annexes austria

Mar 12, 1938

German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.

Germany seizes Czechoslovakia

Sep 15, 1938

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

Apr 7, 1939

in an effort to mimic Hitler’s conquest of Prague, Benito Mussolini’s troops, though badly organized, invade and occupy Albania.