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Japan attacks Manchuria
They claimed that the 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 Leauge of Nations
Japan withdrew from the League after being censured by the League of Nations for the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
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Germany leaves League of Nations
The reason was the refusal of the Western powers to acquiesce in Germany's demands for military parity.
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US Neutrality Acts Signed
Congress passed the first Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the United States to foreign nations at war.
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Japan attacks China
This was the military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan.
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Germany takes over Austria
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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Munich Peace Conference Begins
The leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia
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Germany takes over Czechoslovakia
The occupation ended with the surrender of Germany following World War II.
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Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and Soviet Union
The two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
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Germany Invades Poland
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France Falls to the Germans
This was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.
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Battle of Britain Begins
The Luftwaffe made their first bomber attack on British ships in the Channel.