Chapter 24 Timeline

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    Chapter 24 Timeline

  • • The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].

    • The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].
    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukoku, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II.

  • • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia.

    • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia.
    Since expansion seemed to be inherent in Fascism, it is not surprising that Benito Mussolini, Fascist dictator of Italy after 1922, eventually looked toward Ethiopia. Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, this East African land had become increasingly significant,

  • • Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference

    • Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference
    In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister, met Adolf Hitler at his home in Berchtesgaden. Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia unless Britain supported Germany's plans to takeover the Sudetenland. After discussing the issue with the Edouard Daladier (France) and Eduard Benes (Czechoslovakia), Chamberlain informed Hitler that his proposals were unacceptable.

  • • General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.

    • General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.
    Francisco Franco y Bahamonde (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ˈfɾaŋko]; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and head of state of Spain from October 1936 (as a unified nation from 1939 onwards), and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November 1975.

  • • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.

    • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
    When Hitler invaded Poland it took less than a month for him and his Nazi troops to take over the country. He used the new technique of Blitzkrige to surprise the enemy. First planes bombed Poland, then tanks and artillary took over, finally ground troops were sent in.