Kimberly Fonseca Chapter 24 Timeline

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    Kimberly Fonseca's Chapter 24 Timeline

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

    • The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].
    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukoku, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II

  • • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia.

    • Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia.
    Italy conquers Ethiopia through overwhelming military force, revealing the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations and encouraging Mussolini’s exaggerated estimate of his nation’s military power.

  • • Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference

    • Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference
    In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister, met Adolf Hitler at his home in Berchtesgaden. Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia unless Britain supported Germany's plans to takeover the Sudetenland. After discussing the issue with the Edouard Daladier (France) and Eduard Benes (Czechoslovakia), Chamberlain informed Hitler that his proposals were unacceptable.

  • 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.
    On 28 March the Nationalists take Madrid. The Civil War ends on 1 April. Franco has won a complete and unconditional victory.

  • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.

    Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
    The invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and ended on 6 October 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland.