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Italian invasion of Ethiopia Oct.3,1935
Mussolini successfully invaded Ethiopia. He proclaimed that the Ethiopian invasion marked the beginning of an Italian Empire and the rebirth of Roman glory. -
Spanish Civil War
General Francisco Franco military spreads rapidly all over the country, thus starting the Spanish Civil War. The conspirators had been awaiting General Franco's decision to begin the uprising. -
Rape of Najing in China
Between December 1937 and March 1938 one of the worst massacres in modern times took place. Japanese troops captured the Chinese city of Nanjing and embarked on a campaign of murder, rape and looting. -
German annexation of the Sudetenland
The successful annexation of Austria fueled Adolf Hitler's ambition, and he looked on to the German-populated regions of Czechoslovakia, collectively named Sudetenland. -
German invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. -
France and Great Britian declare war on Germany
They attacked them because Germany invaded Poland. -
Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. This was an all day thing.(the bombing) -
El- Aljamein
Thi battle was fought in the deserts in North Africa. He fought an d sucessed. -
Stalingrad
The battle at Stalingrad was on German's army in Russia and after this defeat, the Germany Army was in full retreat. -
D- Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of French coastline to fight the Nazi's on the beaches of Normandy,