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Bobby Cieslak Chapter 24 Timeline
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Manchurian Incident
On the morning of the following day September 19 the two artillery pieces installed at the Mukden officers' club opened up on the Chinese garrison nearby. In response to the alleged Chinese attack on the railway. Zhang Xueliang's small air force was destroyed and his soldiers fled their destroyed Beidaying barracks as five hundred Japanese troops attacked the Chinese garrison of around seven thousand. The Chinese troops, mostly irregulars or new conscripts, were no match for the experienced J -
Munich Agreement
Benito Mussolini suggested to Hitler that one way of solving this issue was to hold a four-power conference of Germany, Britain, France and Italy. This would exclude both Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union, and therefore increasing the possibility of reaching an agreement and undermine the solidarity that was developing against Germany. The meeting took place in Munich on 29th September, 1938. -
Fransco Franco takes over
In September 1939, World War II broke out in Europe, and although Hitler met Franco once in Hendaye, France (23 October 1940), to discuss Spanish entry on the side of the Axis, Franco's demands (food, military equipment, Gibraltar, French North Africa etc.) proved too much and no agreement was reached. (An oft-cited remark attributed to Hitler is that the German leader would rather have some teeth extracted than to have to deal further with Franco). -
Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
When Hitler invasded poland it took less than a month for him and his nazi troops to take control of the whole country. He used the new technique of blizirieg to surprosed the enemy. First, palnes bombed Poland, then tanks and artillery took over. Finally, ground troops were sent in. -
Italy Conquers Ethopia
On June 10, 1940, Mussolini entered World War II and joined Hitler as his Axis ally. As a result the colony of Italian East Africa proved to be short-lived. Initially, the Italians attacked British and Commonwealth forces in the Sudan, Kenya, and British Somaliland. In August, the Italians even overran all of British Somaliland and forced the British and Commonwealth forces there to flee. But, by the end of 1941, during the East African Campaign, Ethiopia was liberated from Italian control.
