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Maginot Line Constructed
It would halt an invasion long enough for the French to fully mobilize their own army, and then act as a solid base from which to repel the attack. -
Stalin comes to power in USSR
Joseph Stalin came to power in the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin -
Mussolini comes to power in Italy
When he came back from WWI he came back to pure chaos and ran for parliment -
Hitler elected Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
Spanish Civil War
between the Republicans, who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists prevailed, and Franco ruled Spain for the next 36 years, from 1939 until his death in 1975. -
Japan Invades China
The Japanese invaded China proper, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Russia would have control over Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, while Germany would gain control over Lithuania and Danzig. Poland would be partitioned into three major areas. -
Hitler Invades Poland
The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
Tripartite Pact
a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27, 1940, which established the Axis Powers of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor Attacked
The US wasn't taking action in WWII, but we were giving weapons to England and not Japan. so they bombed us.
