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Shayna Eisel's Chapter 24 Timeline
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The Japanese Army invades Manchuria
In 1931, the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. Essentially, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. This proved to be one of the causes of World War IIs(1). -
Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethotopia
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• General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.
General Franco took control of the Canary Islands and then flew to Spanish Morocco where the nationalist forces had assumed control. A coup d’etat was attempted by the nationalist army on mainland Spain but failed resulting in the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. In September 1936, Franco became General of the Nationalist Army and later in October 1936 he rose to the position of Head of State. -
Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference
Settlement reached by Germany, France, Britain, and Italy permitting German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland -
• Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
Hitler and his Nazis invaded Poland using the "blitzkreig" They used airpower, followed by tanks and , and finally ground troops to overhel.
