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Germany invaded Poland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler invades Poland & claimed it as a defensive action. France & Britain were not convinced & declared War on Germany , starting WW ll. -
Japan Attacks Manchuria
The Japanese army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria & the reason was for the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province , in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. -
Japan leaves the League of Nations
Japan withdrew from the League Of Nations & afterwards , the LON had adopted a report blaming Japan for the events in Manchuria . -
US Neutrality Act Signed
The Neutrality Acts were laws passed in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 to limit U.S. involvement in future wars. They were based on the widespread disillusionment with World War I in the early 1930s and the belief that the United States had been drawn into the war through loans and trade with the Allies. -
Germany Takes Over Austria
On March 12th , the German troops marched into Austra to annex the German speaking nation for the 3rd Reich. -
Munich Peace Conference Begins
The leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. The Munich Conference came as a result of a long series of negotiations. -
Germany Takes of Czechoslovakia
On January 1939, negotiations between Germany and Poland broke down. Hitler—intent on war against Poland—needed to eliminate Czechoslovakia first. He scheduled a German invasion of Bohemia and Moravia for the morning of 15 March.
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Non Aggresion Pact between Germany & Soviet Union
Shortly before World War II broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Battle of Britain Begins
On this day in 1940, the Germans begin 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. -
Germany leaves the League of Nations
Germany announced on Oct. 14, 1933 , the withdrawal from the League of Nations and the World Disarmament Conference