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Japan invades Manchuria
<a href='http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/manchuria_1931.htm' Manchuria, on China’s eastern seaboard, was attacked by Japan in 1931. The League effectively did nothing. -
Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia
To learn more about the Fascist invadeThe Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. -
Nazi Germany and Fascist
To learn more about the Nazi's and the fascistThe Axis powers also known as the Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries, or the Axis, were the nations that fought in the Second World War against the Allied forces. -
Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.
To leanr more of why japan started world war 2The cause of the Japanese starting the war in the pacific has many causes. -
Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss.
[To learn more about Austria in the Anschluss](http://www.otr.com/Linz.html)After the Anschluss in March 1938, the Austrian army was incorporated into the German Wehrmacht. -
Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic.
To learn more about the SolvakThe Slovak Republic otherwise known as the Slovak State was a client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945. -
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east
To learn more about the Soviet Union in 1939, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov declares that the Polish government has ceased to exist -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
To learn more about the invade in 1940, German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway -
Italy enters the war
To learn more about Italy joining the war in 1915, Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I on the side of the Allies—Britain, France and Russia -
Bulgaria joins the Axis
To learn more about the Axisthe southeastern European nation of Bulgaria joins the Axis powers by signing the Tripartite Pact -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
To learn more about the Japan bomb
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbo -
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
To learn more about the Nazi Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict. -
British troops defeat the Germans and Italians
To learn more about the ItaliansThe participation of Italy in the Second World War was characterized by a complex framework of ideology -
US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria
To learn more about the BritishWorld War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. -
Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
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US and British troops land on Sicily
To learn more about the land on SicilyOn July 10, 1943, the Allies begin their invasion of Axis-controlled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily, off mainland Italy -
Allied troops liberate Rome
To learn more about the RomeRome fell to American and Allied troops. The first of the Axis capitals is now in our hands. -
Allied forces land in southern France
To learn more about the Southern FranceThe Allied invasion of southern France in the late summer of 1944 -
US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.
To learn more about the Rhine RiverThe spectacular capture of the Ludendorff Bridge spanning the Rhine at Remagen in early March 1945 -
ending World War II.
To learn more about World War 2Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
