riya's chapter 24 timeline

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  • • 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.
    Francisco Franco y Bahamonde (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ˈfɾaŋko]; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and head of state of Spain from October 1936 (as a unified nation from 1939 onwards), and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November 1975. He came to power as a prominent member of the far-right Falange movement. As head of state, Franco used the title Caudillo de España, por la gracia de Dios, meaning Leader of Spain,
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    riya's chapter 24 timeline

  • • 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 was facing troubles at home because his governement was corrupt. So to divert his people's attention, he said he would avenge the defeat and shame they all felt in the Battle of Adowa.

  • • 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.

  • • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.

    • Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
    On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun.The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war--what would become the "blitzkrieg" strategy.