The Aggression of Europe

Japan Invades Manchuria

Sep 26, 1931

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.

Italy attacks Ethiopia

Oct 2, 1935

was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire .

Germany occupies Rhineland

Mar 2, 1937

German military forces entered the Rhineland. This was significant because it violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, marking the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region

Japan invades China

Jul 2, 1937

was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945.

Germany annexes Austria

Mar 2, 1938

was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and incorporation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938.

Germany takes Sudetenland

Sep 2, 1938

Adolph Hitler and the armies of Nazi Germany crossed into the Sudetenland, which at the time was a western region of the state of Czechoslovakia.

Germany seizes Czechoslovakia

Mar 2, 1939

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.

Italy conquers Albania

Apr 2, 1939

a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom. The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.