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Japanese army overruns Manchuria
Japan invaded and took over Manchuria in 1931 because they wanted an empire that was as big as the Western Empire. -
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Japan builds an empire
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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
On the night of January 30, 1933, the Nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. -
Neutrality Act
Congress passes the first Neutrality Act banning the sale of arms to countries at war. -
Italy conquers Ethiopia
Mussolini led this invasion into Ethiopia. He wanted to annex this country into Italy's new colony of East Africa. Although the Italians did invade, the Ethiopians did not surrender. -
Air Raid on Guernica
This air raid on the town of Guernica occurred because Hitler wanted to stop people from the Spanish government from retreating. This soon became a target of propaganda against both Hitler and Mussolini. -
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
Marco Polo Bridge Incident was a battle between China's National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army. This battle is one of the warfares that led to WWII in the pacific side of the world. -
Formation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
This alliance between Italy, Germany, and Japan established that these three countries would not interfere with eachother's business and they agreed to fight Soviet communism. -
Nazi Soviet Pact
Hitler made the Nazi Soviet Pact with Stalin. It stated that their two countries, Germany and the Soviet Union, would not go to war with eachother and promised to invade Poland and split it between them. -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland by the battleship Schleswig-Holstein. This invasion was considered the first military battle of WWII. -
Vichy France
This was when France signed an armistice with Germany. It said that France would be divided into occupied and unoccupied zones and that Germany would control 3/5s of the country, directly. One of these parts was put under the controlled by the French government at Vichy uner Marshal Henri-Philippe.
