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Japan attacks Manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident -
Germany and Japan leave League of Nations
Germany renounced its role in the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments -
US Neutrality Acts
In the 1930s, the United States Government enacted a series of laws designed to prevent the United States from being embroiled in a foreign war by clearly stating the terms of U.S. neutrality -
Japan attacks China
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan -
Germany takes Austria
initially attempted in 1918, when the Republic of German-Austria attempted union with Germany, but the Treaty of Saint Germain -
germany takes czechoslovakia
On this day, Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact -
Non-Aggression Pac
broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Sovie -
France Falls to the Germans
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force -
Germany Invades Poland
the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people