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Japan attacks Manchuria
The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden incident. After the war, the Japanese established the puppet state Manchukuo. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm -
Japan leaves League of Nations
The Japanese delegation challenging world opinion withdrew from the League of Nations Assembly after the assembly had adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1933/02/24/Japan-stuns-world-withdraws-from-league/2231840119817/ -
Germany leaves League of Nations
The German government announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations. The apparent reason was the refusal of the Western powers to allow in Germany's demands for military parity. https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11598/ -
US Neutrality Acts Signed
Congress passed the first Neutrality Act, on August 31st, 1935, forbidding the export of arm, ammunition, and executing of war from the United States to foreign nations at war and requiring arms manufacturers in the US to apply for an export license. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-neutrality-act -
Japan attacks China
It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 in which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/china.htm -
Germany takes over Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, 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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Non-Aggression Pact is Signed by the United States
A non-aggression pact or neutrality pact is a national treaty between two or more states/countries where the signatories promise not to engage in military action against each other https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1963091100 -
Munich Peace Conference Begins
Munich Agreement was 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
The German Wermacht moved into the remainder of Czechoslovakia and Hitler proclaimed Bohemia and Movaria. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-take-czechoslovakia -
Germany Invades Poland
The Invasion of Poland was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War II. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland -
France Falls to the Germans
The battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml -
Battle of Britain Begins
On the 10th of July in 1940 the Germans began the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain, which will last three and a half months, begins. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins