Megan Lastominsky Chapter 24 Timeline

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    Megan Lastominsky 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. He Japanese established a puppet state, which lasted until the end of World War II.

  • • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia.

    • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia.
    Italy lost its Ethiopia colony in Africa at 1896 Battle of Adua.
    Mussolini ordered the bombing of Adowa by planes and the beginning of the invasion of Ethiopia by Marshal Badoglio, who was authorized to use poison gas and destroy civilian villages.

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

    • Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference.
    When Adolf Hitler came to power, he wanted to unite all Germans into
    one nation. In September 1938 he turned his attention to the three million Germans
    living in part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland. Sudeten Germans began
    protests and provoked violence from the Czech police. Hitler claimed that 300 Sudeten
    Germans had been killed. This was not actually the case, but Hitler used it as an excuse
    to place German troops along the Czech border.
    During this situation, the British Prime Minist

  • • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII

    • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII
    When Hitler invade Poland. It took Nazi forces less then a month to take control of the country. He took Poland by surprise, he used planes, and weapons. He used ground forces

  • • 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.
    He was a Spanish general, also he was the head of Spain. As head of state, Franco used the title Caudillo de España, por la gracia de Dios, meaning Leader of Spain, by the grace of God, but also was called formally as His Excellency, The Head Of State.