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japan attacks manchuria
they claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army The Chinese army did not fight back because it knew that the Japanese were just wanting an excuse to invade Manchuria
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japan leaves league of nations
japan leaves the league of nations after the assembly had adopted a report blaming japan
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1933/02/24/Japan-stuns-world-withdraws-from-league/2231840119817/ -
Germany leaves league of nations
nine months after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany,the German government announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations
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us neutality act signed
laws passed to limit U.S. involvement in future wars. They were based on the widespread disillusionment with ww1
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/neutrality-acts-0 -
japan attacks china
Japan was highly divided into semi-independent Kingdoms and united only by the persona of the Emperor. The Emperor but was nearly powerless in materialistic matters
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germany takes over austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-annexes-austria -
munich peace conference begin
the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia.
https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206473.pdf -
Germany takes over czecholovakia
Began with the German annexation of czecholovakia border regions
The conquest of Czecholovakia became Hitlers next ambition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia -
non aggression pact between germany and soviet union
Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact 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
The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland -
france falls to the germans
Attempts by the Allies to launch counterattacks by air and land either failed with heavy losses, or were thwarted by the pace of events. Germans swung southwards and French resistance finally collapsed
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battle of britain begins
the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins