Amber Castelveter Chapter 24

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    Amber Castelveter Chapter 24

  • • The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].

    •	The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].
    The Janpanese soldiers that were in Manchuria decided to take over several cities in Manchuria because they said that the Chinese tried to blow up a railway. They did this without the their leader's permission.
  • • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia.

    •	Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia.
    Mussolini used the large Italian army, warplanes, and poison gas to invade Ethiopia. The emperor of Ethiopia fled to England and then the capitals were the Italian's.
  • • Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference

    •	Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference
    Neville and Hitler meet to disscuss making a policy of appeasement.
  • • General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.

    •	General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.
    There was a rellion against the newly elected government and Franciso Franco led the Nationalists. They made their own governament and that made a civil war, The war ended with the Nationalist taking over Madrid the capital.
  • • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.

    •	Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
    It took Hitler and his Nazis less than a month to overrun Poland. He used the newly adopted technique of "blitzkrieg" or lightening war to accomplish this task. It is a three pronged attack with planes bombing first followed by tanks and artillery next and finally ground troops attack.