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Japan attacks Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria -
Japan leaves League of Nations
Japan withdrew from the League in 1933 after being blamed for the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
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Germany leaves League of Nations
After Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the German government announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations.
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US Neutrality Acts Signed
Congress passed the first Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to others foreign nations at war. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/neutrality-acts -
Japan attacks China
Fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged with other conflicts of World War II.
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Germany takes over Austria
Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany.
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Munich Peace Conference Begins
Munich reach a settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia. https://www.britannica.com/event/Munich-Agreement -
Germany takes over Czechoslovakia
Negotiations between Germany and Poland broke down. Hitler intent on war against Poland eliminating Czechoslovakia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia -
Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and Soviet Union
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany as the Poland Campaign, was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War II.
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France Falls to the Germans
German invaded France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France -
Battle of Britain Begins
The Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain,lasting three and a half months.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain