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• General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid
In 1926 Franco was appointed Europe's youngest general.Franco and his Nationalist Army, with the support of German and Italian troops, gradually began to take control of Spain. Franco now concentrated his forces on the now isolated Madrid and its defenders eventually surrend -
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The Japanese Army invades Manchuria
In 1931, the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. Essentially, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. This proved to be one of the causes of World War IIs(1). -
• 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. -
• Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
When Hitler invaded Poland it took his Nazie forces less than a month to take controll of the country. He took Poland by suprise by using the new technique of blitzcrek, using plans followed by tanks.
