Valerie Davis Chapter 24 Timeline

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    Valerie Davis Chapter 24 Timeline

  • The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].

    The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].
    • Japan saw Manchuria as the solution to their problem of not having enough land, raw materials, and markets needed to power the Japanese economy. The Japanese stationed their army in Manchuria becasue of their disatisfaction with democracy. On this date the Japanese army stationed in Manchuria took matters into its own hands by capturing several cities in southern Manchuria.

  • • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia

    • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia
    Mussolini believed that the Versailles Act should have granted Italy mroe land. Angered by this, he started to organize Fascist groups throughout Italy. He finally took action to his words. The Italian army used warplanes and poison gas to overpowered the Ethiopian forces. By May 1936, Ethiopia's emperor had fled to England and the capital, Addis Ababa, was in Italian hands.

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

    • Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference
    During the Munich Conference, Nevile Chamberlain and Hitler met to discuse a form of peace. Chamberlain sacrafised a part of Czechoslovakia to preserve the peace.A lot of people though Chamberlain had made the wrong choice and that this was not going to stop Hitler from trying to take over all of Europe.

  • • 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
    In Spain a Civil War broke out between Republicans and Nationalist. In March 1939, the Nationalist army finally took the Spanish capital of Madrid and ended the civil war. Franco kept firm control of the government after the war and ruled Spain until his death in 1975.

  • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.

    Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
    When Hitler invaded Poland, it took less than a month for him and his Nazi troops to take control of the whole country. He used the new technique of blitzkrieg to surprise the enemy. First, planes bombed Poland; then tanks and artillery took over; finally ground troops were sent in.