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Benito Mussolini of Italy invaded Ethiopia. Mussolini was angered by french and british so he decided to get Hitler's support. It was an armed conflict that made Italy control Ethiopia
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A coalition (treaty) formed between Italy and Germany informally linking the 2 countries. It was formulated by Italy's minister Galeazzo Ciano
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Hitler demanded the sudetenland, the northwestern area of Czechoslovakia.
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More than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. Warsaw surrendered on September 27, 1939.
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The horrific attack was planneed by the Imperial Japanese Navy. This attack was to prevent U.S. forces from interferring with actions of the empire of Japan. 8 battleships were destroyed after 2 waves of bombing.
