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Japeneese military leaders and ultanationalist thoought that Japan should have an empire equal to those of Western powers. When the league of Nations condemmed the aggression, Japan simply withdrew from organization.
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Hitler was appointed chancellor. He was appointed by the dying president Paul Hindenburg.
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Hitler becomes Fuhrer. 90%-95% of the votes went to Hitler.
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Mussolini decided to act onhis own imperialist ambitions. Italy's defeat by the ethiopeans at battle of adowa in 1896.
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Hitler invade Rhineland which goes against the treaty of Versailles. It took the French Government almost a year to decide how they were going to react after Hitler had moved troops into Rhineland.
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy signed a treaty. They signed the Treaty of Cooperation.
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Hitler wanted Austria. He ended up getting without war.
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Between October 1st and 10th Germany took over Sudetenland. Hitler asked permission to annex half of Czechoslovakia.
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Germany invaded Poland. Poland army wasnt strong, it only took a couple of weeks.
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The Japanese launched a surprise attack on a U.S. military base. On the night before the attack, the Japanese moved a fleet of 33 ships to within 200 miles of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, the location of Pearl Harbor. More than 300 planes took off from Japanese aircraft carriers, dropping the first bombs on Pearl Harbor minutes before eight o'clock in the morning on December 7.
