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Alex Mitaras Chapter 24 Timeline
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• The Japanese Army invades Manchuria
They invaded Manchuria in 1931.This was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. -
Mussolini conquers Ethiopia
Mussolini was trying to make a second Roman Empire. In trying to do so they conquered Ethiopia October 3rd 1935. Italy's forces were too strong for Ethiopia's army. -
Britain's neville Chamberlin and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference
Hitler and Chamberlain met in Munich.To avoid war and to avoid an alliance with Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union, Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier agreed that Germany could have Sudetenland.On September 29th, Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier and Benito Mussolini signed the Munich Agreement which gave the Sudetenland to Germany. -
Genereal Francisco force take control of Madrid
It was a big battle between the Republicans and Nationalists. The Soviet Union sent arms and supplies to the Republicans.In March 1939, the Nationalist army took the Spanish capital of Madrid and ended the civil war. Franco kept control of the government after the war and ruled Spain until he died in 1975 -
• Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII
It took Hitler and his Nazis less than a month to over run Poland. he used the newly dopted technique of "blitzkreig" or lighting war to accomplish this task. It is a three prompt attack with planes bombing first followed by tanks and artilery next, and finally ground troops attack.
