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Madison Gray Chapter 24 Timeline
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The Japanese Army Invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].
When Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukoku, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
Mussolini (Italy) Conquers Ethiopia.
The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire (also known as Abyssinia). The war resulted in the military occupation of Ethiopia and its annexation into the newly created colony of Italian East Africa -
Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference.
The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia. Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Nazi Germany. The agreement was signed in the early hours of 30 September 1938 (but dated 29 September). -
Hitler (Germany) Invades Poland, beginning WWII
The invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and ended on 6 October 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland. -
General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.
Franco was recognized as the Spanish head of state by Britain and France in February 1945, two months before the war officially ended. Already proclaimed Generalísimo of the Nationalists and Jefe del Estado (Head of State) in October 1936,[30] he thereafter assumed the official title of "Su Excelencia el Jefe de Estado" ("His Excellency the Head of State").