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Angie Yanosick's Ch. 24 timeline
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The Japanese Army Invades Manchuria "Manchurian Incident"
In September 1931, a Japanese army stationed in Manchuria took matters into its own hands. Claiming that Chinese soldiers had tried to blow up a railway line, they captured several cities in southern Manchuria -
Mussolini conquers Ethiopia
Italy conquers Ethiopia through overwhelming military force, revealing the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations and encouraging Mussolini’s exaggerated estimate of his nation’s military power. -
General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.
It was known as being the Spansih Civil War, and there was a war because of a conflict between the two oppisite sides. With a little bit of hlep from German and Italian troops he took over Spain and now he had his eye on Madrid. So then the war started and then he also took over Madrid. -
Britain’s Neville Chambelin and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference
Chamberlin, the prime minister and Hitler met up in September 1938. Hitler said that he would invade Czeslovakia unless Britain supported Germany's plans to take over Sutenland. After the meeting was over Chamberlin did not accept what he said -
Hitler Invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack.
