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Mukden Incident
was a staged event engineered by rogue Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion in 1931 of northeastern China, known as Manchuria -
Manchukuo
A northeast Chinese puppet state created in 1932 its governed under a form of constitutional monarchy -
Japan withdraws from the Leadgue of Nations
the Japanese withdrew from the League of Nations due to a vote they called “unfair” over giving Manchuria back to the Chinese. The Japanese did not want to give it back therefore parting from the League of Nations. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
an armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia’s subjection to Italian rule. Often seen as one of the episodes that prepared the way for World War II, the war demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations when League decisions were not supported by the great powers. -
Germin Troops march to the Rhindland
The Treaty of Versailles, called for stiff war reparation payments and other punishing peace terms for defeated Germany -
Spanish Civil War begins
begins as a revolt by right-wing Spanish military officers in Spanish Morocco and spreads to mainland Spain -
Japan captures Beijing and Nanjing
Japan attacked Beijing and Nanjing, capturing the cities. Japan massacred Nanjing and raped and killed thousands of civilians -
Italy withdraws from League of Nations
Italy knew the league could not work because the economic sanctions did not work because the USA was not part of the league and the USA not being a part of the league sped up the failure of the league of nations -
Anschluss
the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and incorporation of Austria into Nazi Germany -
Munich Confrence
the Munich Conference started which was a conference by the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy allowing Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Germany Invades Czechoslovakia
On this day, Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims. -
Germany Takes Memel
the city of Memel was taken over by Germany now known as the Klaipėda Region. -
Spanish Civil War ends
In Spain, the Republican defenders of Madrid raise the white flag over the city, bringing to an end the bloody three-year Spanish Civil War -
Italy invades Albaina
in an effort to mimic Hitler’s conquest of Prague, Benito Mussolini’s troops, though badly organized, invade and occupy Albania -
Germany/Soviet Nonagression Treaty Announced
Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and Soviet foreign minister Viacheslav Molotov signed the nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
Axis Power Formed
Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact. This was the creation of the axis powers -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan planned in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.