Aggression in Europe and Asia, 1930-1939 Timeline

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japan Invades Manchuria
    At this point in time Japan had taken over the Manchurian railway, and would take any Chinese soldiers that came to it for hostage. They had claimed that the Chinese had somehow sabatoged the railway, and that led to an attack in China.
  • Italy Attacks Ethiopia

    Italy Attacks Ethiopia
    In 1935, the League of Nations had been faced with yet another test. Mussolini had accsutomed himself to Hitler's plans of expansion and he had put the LON up to the job of attacking Ethiopia in order to use as space for "overcrowding".
  • Germany Occupies Rhineland

    Germany Occupies Rhineland
    Germany had said that the Rhineland terrioty was now hostile towards them. He used this as an excuse to send troops into Rhineland even thoguh it was against the terms that the Treaty of Versailles had set.
  • Japan Invades China

    Japan Invades China
    This invasion of China was essentially due to Japan's desire to have Imperial power. Japan needed more recourses and used wanted their land to get the ones they needed/wanted.
  • Germany Annexes Austria

    Germany Annexes Austria
    On this date the German troops had marched into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the third reich. This was only part of Hitler's plan to essentially take over the world, and make a new generation whilst eliminating any "subspecies"/"subhumans".
  • Germany Takes Sudentenland

    Germany Takes Sudentenland
    This is known as a pivotal move towards the invasion of Czechoslovakia. It was made up of mostly ethnic Germanys, and Hitler had gained the territory by claiming himself as a "champion" of the citzens.
  • Germany Siezes Czechoslovakia

    Germany Siezes Czechoslovakia
    On this day Hitler had his troops invade Czechoslovakia , which was a nation that had been sacraficed on the altar of the Munich pact. But, that was a vain attempt to prevent Germany's imperial goals.
  • Italy Conquers Albania

    Italy Conquers Albania
    It was a quick military campaign ran by the Kingdom of Italy that was targeting the Albanian Kingdom. It resulted in the Imperialist policies of Benito Mussolini.