Rhineland

Aggression in Europe and Asia

  • Japan invasion of Manchuria

    Japan invasion of Manchuria

    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately ...
  • Italy attacks Ethiopia

    Italy attacks Ethiopia

    Ethiopia (Abyssinia), which Italy had unsuccessfully tried to conquer in the 1890s, was in 1934 one of the few independent states in a European-dominated Africa.
  • Germany occupies Rhineland

    Germany occupies Rhineland

    On 7 March 1936 German troops marched into the Rhineland. This action was directly against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted.
  • Japan invades china

    Japan invades china

    In the 1930s, the Japanese were determined to extend their empire. They ruled in Korea, but they also controlled the Manchurian railway.
  • Germany annexes Austria

    Germany annexes Austria

    On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.
  • Germany takes sudetenland

    Germany takes sudetenland

    The incorporation of the Sudetenland into National Socialist Germany left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak and it became powerless to resist subsequent .
  • Italy conquers Albania

    Italy conquers Albania

    On this day in History, Italy invades Albania on Apr 07, 1939.
  • Germany seizes czchoslovakia

    Germany seizes czchoslovakia

    The incorporation of the Sudetenland into National Socialist Germany left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak and it became powerless to resist subsequent .