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Hitler Invades Poland
On this day, German forces invaded Poland. Two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
Mussolini invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini of Italy had long dreamed of creating a new Roman Empire. In October 1935 he invaded Ethiopia angrying the French and British opposition to invasion. That led Mussolini to Hitler, through the support of Hitler's army. -
Formation of Rome-Berlin Axis
Germany and Italy sent troops to Spain to help General Fransico Franco in Spainsh CIvil War. In Mussolini Hitler made an agreement recongizing their common political and economic interests. On month later Mussolini spoke of the new alliance of Italy and Germany called the Rome-Berlin Axis. -
Hitler Demands the Sudetenland
Hitler new objective Czechoslovakia. On this day that Germany be given the Sudentenland, an area in Northwestern Czechoslovakia that was inhabitated largely by Germans. -
Japanese attack at Peral Harbor
Japan attacked China in 1937 that arosed strong critism, especially around the United States. In 1940, Japan demanded exploited economic resources in Indochina. The United States denied, angrying Japan. United States warned that they would withhold economic sanctions unless Japan withdrew from the area in, 1931. Japan meeting these essential supplies agreed. Japan was now caught in a deliemma, decided to attack US.
