Aggression in Asia and Europe

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japan Invades Manchuria
    Japan invades the Chinese city of Machuria, the allied forces saw this as an aggressive action.
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    Aggression Span

  • Italy attacks Ethiopia

    Italy attacks Ethiopia
    Benito Mussolini adopts Hitler's ideas of gaining German land and starts by taking Ethiopia.
  • Germany occupies Rhineland

    Germany occupies Rhineland
    Hitler breaks the Versailles Treaty by invading Rhineland along the Rhine River.
  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China
    Known as the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japan launched a full scale invasion of China.
  • Germany annexes Austria

    Germany annexes Austria
    Germany annexes Austria which was a country for the Third Reich. Hitler soon regained control over Austria.
  • Germany takes Sudetenland

    Germany takes Sudetenland
    Hitler bullies the world powers into letting him take Sudetenland. He claimed he wanted this land because he had faithful Germans living there.
  • Germany seizes Czechoslovakia

    Germany seizes Czechoslovakia
    Germany yet again bullies other nations into cooperation. This time Czechoslovakia was the victim. Revolutions did take place during the change of power.
  • Italy conquers Albania

    Italy conquers Albania
    Mussolini follows Hitler yet again. Him and his army take Albania forcefully and bombard the Albanian cost as a result