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Danielle DeMaria's Chapter 24 Timeline
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The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – (“Manchurian Incident”)
In September 1931, a Japanese army stationed in Manchuria took matters into its own hands. Claiming that Chinese soldiers had tried to blow up a railway line, they captured several cities in southern Manchuria. Chinese troops withdrew from the area. Japan's civilian government tried but failed to prevent the army from taking further action. By February 1932, the army had seized all of Manchuria. World leaders and most Japanese expressed shock at what came to be called the Manchurian Incident. -
Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia
In October 1935, Mussolini put those words into practice by invading the independent African kingdom of Ethiopia. The Ethiopians resisted fiercely, but the large Italian army, using warplanes and poison gas, overpowered the Ethiopian forces. By May 1936, Ethiopia's emperor had fled to England and the capital, Addis Ababa, was in Italian hands. -
Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference.
Chamberland and Hitler Adolf Hitler and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain shake hands on September 30, 1938 -- the day they signed the Munich Agreement, sealing the fate of Czechoslovakia -
General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975
General Francisco Franco led the rebels, who became known as the Nationalists. By October, the Nationalists had formed their own government, a military dictatorship under the rule of Franco.In March 1939, the Nationalist army finally took the Spanish capital of Madrid and ended the civil war. Franco kept firm control of the government after the war and ruled Spain until his death in 1975. -
• Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII
When Hitler invaded Poland, it took his Nazi forces less than a month to take control of the country. He took Poland by surprise using the new technique of blitzkrieg using planes, follwed by tanks and artillery and then ground forces.
