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Japan invades
Japan invades Manchuria. -
italy invades
Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. -
japan invades
Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific. -
Germany adds Austria
Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss. -
France and Great britan
France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state. -
Germany invades
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9. -
War in the air ends
The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany. -
Germans send bodies
The Germans send the Afrika Korps to North Africa to reinforce the faltering Italians. -
nazi germany declarss war on us
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States. -
British nav halt japan
British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.