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In Asia.
In Asia, Japan sought to expand its territory at the expense of China.
Occupied Manchuria in 1931 and invaded China in 1937. -
In Africa.
Italy took possession of Ethiopia in 1935 as part of its mission to extend its colonial empire. In Europe, it also invaded Albania in Europe. -
Spanish Civil War
Italy and Germany took part in it (1936-1939); supplying the insurgent forces with soldiers and weapons, while France and Great Britain chose not to get involved. -
Germany (Third Reich)
Germany developed a policy of territorial expansion aimed at creating a vast empire of lands inhabited by Germanic peoples (Third Reich). In 1936 Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland. -
Formation of alliances.
1936:
-Rome-Berlin Axis: An alliance betwwen germany and italy which was renewed in 1939 under the name Pact of Steel.
-In November Germany entered into the Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan.
1939:
-Hitler signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact with Stalin after which he began the invasion of Poland in September.
in response France and Great Britain declared war on Germany and mark the beginning of the WW2 -
Munich Conference.
It was the agreement permitting Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland was signed on Sept 29, 1938, was convened by Hitler following protests by France, Great Britain and other powers over his policy of expansionism. Ended with the democracies accepting Hitler's promises to expand no further. -
Axis Victories
1939:
-Hitler launched Blitzkrieg which consisted of using armoured divisions and the storng aerial support.
1940:
-The German army invaded most of Western Europe . Great Britain was the only country which wasnt invaded by Germany.
1941:
-Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa and attacked Russia.
-In December US entered to the war. -
From peace conferences to confrontation.
1943:
-Great Britain, US and USSR met for the first time at Tehran Conference.
1945:
-The second conference took place in Yalta. The United Nations were created.
-The third peace conference was held in Potsdam.
1956:
-Peace treates with Germany's other alles were drawn up during the Paris Peace Conference. -
Allied offensives
1943:
-In North Africa the british defeated the germans at El Alamenin.
1944:
-Soviets attaked taking back Ukraine and ending the siege of Leningrad.
-The liberation of Europe was hastened by the Normandy landing by British and American troops. -
End of the Pacific War.
The US president Truman decided to use a new weapon: the atomic bomb which was dropped 150000 people die and the ww2 was over. -
Formation of Alliances
1936:
-Germany entered into the Rome-Berlin Axis alliance with Italy. Was renewed in 1936 under the name of Pact of Steel.
-In November Germany entered into the Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan
1939:
-France and Great Britain pledged Poland their military support if necessary
