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Rachel Crawford's Chapter 24 Timeline
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• The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].
Japanese troops, claiming that Chinese soldiers had tried to blow up a railway line, took matters in their own hands by capturing several southern Manchurian cities, and by continuing to take over the country even after Chinese troops had withdrawn. -
• 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. -
• Mussolini (Italy) conquers 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
Neville Chamberlain the British prime minister decides on a policy appeasement to try to keep peace. -
• 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 blitzkieg using planes, followed by tanks and artillery, then ground forces.