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Japan becomes more democratic
In 1922 Japan sigbed a international treaty agreeing to repect China's borders. In 1928, it signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war. Japan's parliamentary system had several weaknesses however. Its constitution put strict limits on the powers of the prime minister and the Cabinet. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japanese bsinesses had invested heavily in Manchuria. it was an area rich in iron and coal, and in 1931 the Japanese army sized Manchuria. -
Mukden Incident
Was an event engineered by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for invading the northern part of China, known as Manchuria, -
Japan's expansion in North China
While Japan got a bigger army force and they got more territories, and then they started to expand in North China -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
By 1932 Naziz Party was the largest political party in Germany. The Consercative leaders thought that they could control Hitler and use him to support their causes. So, they told President Paul won Hindenburg to make Hitler chancellor, this led Hitler to use his power legally. -
Hitler declares himself Führer (absolute leader of Germany)
Hitler was not satisfied of what he had, he wanted control over every aspect of the German life. To do this he used propaganda, he used such things as the press, radio, literature, and paintings. -
German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws
Jews were forbiden to join the army, provented marrige between Jew and Non-Jew, anybody with Jewish blood was not a citizen,-Jews were denaturalizet, and banned form all professions. -
Neutrality Acts
THe USA refused to ship war material to countries at war. Roosevelt's State Department had lobbied for embargo provisions that would allow the President to impose sanctions selectively. This was rejected by Congress -
German troops occupy the Rhineland.
Germany sent troops to reclaim the 'demilitarized' Rhineland, after France and Britain withdrew. The recently expanded German Army marched into the Rhineland. They were lucky that France was busy with their elections and the British chose not to return to the Rhineland to make them retreat back to Germany. -
The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil Wrwas a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. The Civil War represented the problems of Europe at the time, socialism vs. fascism. -
Japan invades China
Japanese gorces swept into northern China, despite having a million soldiers, China's army led by Jiang Jieshi was no math for the better equipped and trained Japanese. -
The USA Sided with China
The USA supported China's Nationalist government agaisnt Japan. US public opinion turned against the Japanese after the Jappanses attacked a USA Navy gunboat near Nanjing -
Japan's Ivastion of China
Japanese scored major victories in Shanghai, and by the end of 1937 captured the Chinese capital of Nanking. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Agreement was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. At the confrence Czecholovakia was not invided and it felt betrayed by the UK and France. -
War is coming...
After the Nazis took Czecholovakia in March, in May the Nazis had signed a -Pact of Steel- with Italy. Then in August the Nazis and the Soviets sign a Non-agression Pact. But, in September first the Nazis invade Poland, and 2 days later on September thrid Britain, France, Austrilia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany. -
Hitler's Lightening War- Blitzkrieg
In 1939 Hitler used a diffrent a strategy for war he used a thing called Blitzkrieg. A Biltzkrig was a lightning war. Blitzkrieg was an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory. -
The Fall of France
It took only six weeks for France to capitulate to the German invaders. Everybody was surprised becuase the French army was considered the most powerful army in Europe. -
1940 The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain started on Jun 19th 1940 when the Luftwaffe attacked a onvoy of ships off Dover. At first the Luftwaffe attacked radar stations and airfields. -
Militarists take control of Japan
THe Great Depression stuck in 1929, many Japanese blames the government. And Military leaders gained support and soon won control of the country. -
The USA expanded its Navy
17 battle ships, 11 aircraft carriers, 40 cruisers, 70 submariens, more than 100 destroyers. -
Japans Occupation of Indochina
The Indochina was also known as the Vietnam Expedition, was a move by the Empire of Japan in September 1940, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, to prevent China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina -
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
All Japanese Americans were treated as spies, and later they were all sent to camps like the Jews. Ex) Ghetto -
United States and Britain declare war on Japan.
Island Hopping begins and average life spand was 7 secs -
Hitler declares war on the United States.
The German Air Force supported these attacks by reconnaissance, by damaging enemy shipping, by numerous retaliatory raids which have given the English a better idea of the so charming war caused by their present Prime Minister. -
Japan had built a large empire in the Asia-Pacific Region.
They had took parts of China, Manchuria, Burma, Siam, and more.
