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Japanese invasion of China
What happened :The Japanese invaded China proper, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War. (July 1937). The Japanese Kwantung Army turned a small incident into a full-scale war. Chinese forces were unable to effectively resist the Japanese
Why did it happen; japan's invasion of china was due essentially to japan's desire to be an impernal power
it expanded intoo korea taiwian and evnetually manchuria this is was alsoa reason for wanting to break out of manchuria and dominated china itself -
Germany’s invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. -
German Blitzkrieg
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Pearl Harbo