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Japan Invades Mancharia
The Japanese struck and took Mukden along with 10,000 other Chinese prisoners. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Mussolini, had his eye set on annexing Ethiopia into Italy’s newly created colony of East Africa. Although the Italian military was successful in occupying Ethiopia, the Abyssinians did not surrender to the Italian forces. -
Germany Reoccupies the Rhineland
Adolf Hitler violated Versailles Treaty and the Locarno Pact by sending the German troops into the Rhineland along the Rhine River. -
Spanish Civil War Starts
The Spanish Civil war began as a revolt by right-wing Spanish officers in Spanish Morroco and spread into mainland Spain. In those three days, the rebels captured Morroco, much of northern Spain, and several key cities in the south. -
Franco Becomes Dictator of Spain
Franco is named head of rebel Nationalists government Spain, but it takes him more than two years the Republicans in the Civil War and become ruler of al Spain. He served as Dictator until his death in 1975. -
Rome-Berlin Axis Pact
Benito Mussolini describes alliance between Italy & Germany as an "axis" -
Anshluss in Australia
Hitler crossed the border into Austria. As Germany usurped the country into its empire, an event which became known as the Anschluss. -
Munich Agreements
The Munich Agreement was the settlement permittin Nazi Germany's Annexation of Czechoslovakia's ares along the countries borders mainly inhabited by Germany speakers, for which a new territorial Sudetenland. -
Spanish Civil War End
During 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort, and on April 13 U.S. Major Robert Anderson, commander of the Union garrison, surrendered. -
Hitler Renounces the Provision of the Treaty of Versailles
Germany violated the treaty by occuping the rest of Czechoslavakia. -
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact is Signed
Since fighting a two front war in World War I had split Germany's forces, it had weakened and undermined their offensive; thus, played a large role in Germany losing the First World War. Hitler was determined not to repeat the same mistakes. -
Britian Signs a Pact with Poland
While France and Poland were already locked in a military alliance since 1921, Britain had been reluctant to form such ties with nations of the continent, especially after the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany, fearing involvement with continental politics would create unfavorable feelings from Germany. -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. -
Britain and France Declare War
In response to Germany's invasion of Poland, Britian and France declare war on Germany. -
Hitler Invades France
In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phony War. -
Battle of Britian
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force, especially Fighter Command.The objective of the campaign was to gain superiority over the Royal Air Force, especially Fighter Command. -
Battle of Britian Comes to an End
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force, especially Fighter Command. -
Operation Barbarosa
This was the destruction of the Soviet Union military force. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
A surprised attack in Hawaii at a Naval Base where two groups of Japanese miltary planes flew through and attacked Pearl Harbor. -
D-Day
Ships and planes crossed into the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy. The goal was to drive German back to Berlin by opening a wstern front in Europe. -
Victory in Europe Day
This was the surrender of the unconditional surrender of the Nazi Germany Army and the end of the war in Europe. -
Surrender of Japan
Brought hostilities to a close, Japan's navy was imcapable of conducting operations.
