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Treaty of Versailles
Peace Treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War one that punished Germany severely. -
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Washington Naval Conferance
the world's largest naval powers gathered in Washington for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
the Japanese Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event known as the Manchurian Incident. This was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over all of East Asia. -
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Long march (china)
the 6,000-mile historic trek of the Chinese communists, -
Italy invades Ethopia
Benito Mussolini, ordered Italian troops to invade Ethiopia. -
Germany occupies the Rhineland
Hitler ordered that his troops should openly re-enter the Rhineland this breaking the terms of Versailles again. He did order his generals that the military should retreat out of the Rhineland of the French showed the slightest hint of making a military stand against him. This did not occur. Over 32,000 soldiers and armed policemen crossed into the Rhineland. -
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil war was fought between Nationalists who were supported by Germany and Italy verses the Republicans who were supported by the Russians. -
Rome/Berlin Axis
Germany and Italy had come to an informal agreement that in case of war, Italy would stand by Germany. -
Japan invades China
The final death for Nanjing has been put as high as 250,000. Within 5 months, 1 million Chinese people were under Japanese control. All of the major cities in China were captured by the Japanese. -
Germany annexes Austria (Anschluss)
The Austrian Nazi population was going in Austria so their Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg met with Hitler in hopes of reasserting his country's independence. -
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Germany invades Poland
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. Warsaw surrendered to the Germans. -
Tripartite Pact
military alliance between germany, italy, and Japan