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Japan Invades Manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident -
Germany occupies Rhineland
It was Hitler’s first illegal act in foreign relations since coming to power in 1933 and it threw the European allies, especially France and Britain, into confusion. -
Italy attacks Ethiopia
The Ethiopians were never to split the Italian army and they were never to invade Eritrea. -
Japan invades China
In an effort to unseat the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, the Japanese occupied large areas of eastern China in 1937–38 -
Germany annexes Austria
On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Germany takes Sudetenland
The annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany was, to a large degree, prepared by the Sudeten Germans -
Germany seizes Czechoslovakia
Hitler's forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia -
Italy conquers Albania
was a brief military campaign.Mussolini's major motives in invading Albania.