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Chinese military leaders placed a small amount of TNT on a Japanese railway, that was too weak to do anything. Then the Japanese army accused Chinese descendents of this act and responded with a full invasion that led to the occupation of Manchuria. Japan was then annexed and kicked out of the league of nations.
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Was created as a puppet state for the Japanese. It was created as a result of the Russo-Japanese war. The Japanese wanted to spread so they created this state.
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After Chinese military leaders placed a small amount of TNT on a Japanese railway, that was too weak to do anything. Then the Japanese army accused Chinese descendents of this act and responded with a full invasion that led to the occupation of Manchuria. Japan was then annexed and on Feb. 24, 1933 they were kicked out of the league of nations.
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Politically, the war is best remembered for exposing the inherent weakness of the League of Nations, it shows the ineffectiveness of the league. The league was unable to control Italy and protect Ethiopia.
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Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland. He ended up reoccupying Rhineland.
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The Spanish Civil War begins as a revolt by right-wing Spanish military officers. From the Canary Islands, General Francisco Franco broadcasts a message calling for all army officers to join the uprising and overthrow Spain’s leftist Republican government.
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it was a series of battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War fought in the proximity of Beiping. It resulted in the Japanese taking over Beijing and Nanjing.
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It was a series of battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War fought in the proximity of Beiping. It resulted in the Japanese taking over Beijing and Nanjing.
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Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and incorporation of Austria into Nazi Germany
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Came from a long series of negotiations. British Prime Minister tired to talk Hitler out of it, but his demands were set in stone.
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Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact, which basically handed czechoslovakia over to Germany.
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Memel a country neighboring Germany was taken over in the midst of the war. Memel was taken over to increase power in Germany.
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In Spain, the Republican defenders of Madrid raise the white flag over the city, bringing to an end the bloody three-year Spanish Civil War. Spain then voted to abolish the monarchy.
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It was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom. Albania was rapidly overrun, its ruler, King Zog I, forced into exile, and the country made part of the Italian Empire.
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Signed in Moscow, Soviet Union, by Soviet Union Nazi Germany. This made it so that Germany could invade poland without being opposed. The pact also contained a secret agreement in which the Soviets and Germans agreed how they would later divide up Eastern Europe.
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Hitler and Germany blitzed Poland. At first they bombed Poland to destroy air capacity, railroads, ammunition dumps and communication. After destroying basically everything that Poland would use to defend themselves, Germany invaded Poland with an overwhelming amount of soldiers, tanks and artillery.
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In Berlin. The Axis powers, were the nations that fought in the Second World War against the Allied forces. The Axis powers agreed on their opposition to the Allies, but did not completely coordinate their activity.
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Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The US asked congress to declare war on Japan and they approved it. Japan's allies were Germany and Italy and they also declared war on the US officially bringing us into WWII.
