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Japan attacks Manchuria
Sep 19, 1931 – Feb 27, 1932
Manchuria on China’s eastern seaboard, was attacked by Japan in 1931.
(https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/causes-of-ww2/manchuria-1931/) -
Germany leaves League of Nations
After Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the German government announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations.The ostensible reason was the refusal of the Western powers to acquiesce in Germany's demands for military parity.
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Japan leaves Leauge of Nations
The Japanese delegation withdrew from the League of Nations Assembly after the assembly had adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1933/02/24/Japan-stuns-world-withdraws-from-league/2231840119817/) -
US Neutrality Acts Signed
The US made a series of laws designed to prevent the United States from being brought in a foreign war by clearly stating the terms of U.S. neutrality.
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Japan attacks China
July 7, 1937 – September 2, 1945
The war was because of a long Japanese imperialist policy to expand its influence politically and militarily in order to secure access to raw material reserves, food, and labor.
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Germany takes over Austria
German troops barged into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.
(https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-annexes-austria) -
Munich Peace Conference Begins
It was a settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland.
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Germany takes over Czechoslovakia
German Wehrmacht moved into the remainder of Czechoslovakia. From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaimed Bohemia and Moravia the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
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Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and Soviet Union
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
(https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact) -
Germany Invades Poland
Sep 1, 1939 – Oct 6, 1939
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory.
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France Falls to the Germans
May 10, 1940 – Jun 25, 1940
Something that happened during the 46 days is German forces defeated Allied forces and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end for a couple days.
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Battle of Britain Begins
Germans begin a series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain, which will last three and a half months.
(https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins)