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Hitler announced that Germany had an air force and was reintroducing conscription. Britain and France protested but did nothing more.
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Italy joined Britain and France in protesting against German rearmament in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
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The Anglo-German Naval Agreement allowed Germany a navy 35% of the size of Britain's Royal Navy.
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Mussolini ordered Italian military attacks on Abyssina.
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The League voted for economic sanctions (no arms sales to Italy and a ban on importing Italian goods) to force an Italian withdrawal.
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Britain anf France mad a secret agreement to hand part of Abyssinia to Italy.
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Britain and France failed to act when Hitler marched 20 000 troops into the demilitarised Rhineland.
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Italian forces captures the capital, Addis Ababa.
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At the Hossbach Conference, Hitler told his generals to prepare for a major war in the mid 1940s.
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Hitler encouraged Sudeten Germans to cause unrest.
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The German army invaded Austria and then annexed Austria.
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Britain recognised the enlarged Germany.
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At the Munich Conference, after Hitler has prepared for war, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain agreed to Hitler's demand for immediate control of the Sudetenland.
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Breach of the Munich Agreement, Hitler invaded and dismembered what remained of Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler demanded territory from Lithuania and Poland.
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Italy annexed Albania.
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Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, promising military support if either of them was at war.
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After failing to make progress towards a military alliance with Britain and France, the Soviet Union did a complete about-face, signing a non-aggression pact with Hitler.
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Germany's invasion of Poland Began.
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Britain responded by declaring war on Germany.