Mark Schlaegle ch. 24

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    Mark Schlaegle Ch. 24 Time line

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

    • The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].
    The Mukden Incident, also known as the Manchurian Incident, was a staged event that was engineered by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for invading the northern part of China known as Manchuria in 1931.

  • • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia

    • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia
    Mussolini was facing troubles at home because his governement was corrupt. So to divert his people's attention, he said he would avenge the defeat and shame they all felt in the Battle of Adowa.

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

    • Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference.
    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 Madrd (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.

    • General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrd (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.
    It was a big battle between the Nationalists and Republicans .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.

    • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
    The March invasion of Czechoslovakia ended Chamberlain's hope of working peacefully with Hitler. Britain and France abandoned their policy of appeasement and prepared for war. After Hitler took Czechoslovakia, British and French leaders warned him that any further German expansion would risk war. On March 31, 1939, they formally pledged their support to Poland, agreeing to come to its aid if Germany invaded. Hitler, however, did not believe their warning.