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the first outlawed war as an instrument of national policy and the second called upon signatories to settle their disputes by peaceful means

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Mukden Incident - Invasion of Manchuria - 1931

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Mukden Incident - Invasion of Manchuria - 1931

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an explosion destroyed a section of railway track near the city of Mukden

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Independent incumbent Paul von Hindenburg won a second seven-year term against Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party

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The invasion of Abyssinia was undertaken primarily to demonstrate Italy's great power status

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an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan, that they would work together to stop the spread of Communism around the globe

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On October 25, 1936, Germany and Italy entered into a treaty of friendship in which they pledged to pursue a common foreign policy

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On 7 March 1936 German troops re-occupied the Rhineland, a de-militarised zone according to the Treaty of Versailles

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Marco Polo Bridge Incident, a dispute between Chinese and Japanese troops in Beijing, the conflict escalated into a full-scale Japanese invasion of the rest of China.

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the Japanese military captured Nanjing.

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On March 11–13, 1938, German troops invade Austria and incorporate Austria into the German Reich in what is known as the Anschluss.

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In March 1939, he violated the Munich Agreement by occupying the rest of Czechoslovakia

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The Sudetenland was assigned to Germany between 1 and 10 October 1938. The Czech part of Czechoslovakia was subsequently invaded by Germany in March 1939, with a portion being annexed and the remainder turned into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

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The Italian Dictator wanted to control the Adriatic Completely

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The Soviet invasion of Poland was a direct result of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on 23 August

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Hitler and Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact - 1939

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Hitler and Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact - 1939

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In the night of 23-24 August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact., known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The countries agreed that they would not attack each other and secretly divided the countries that lay between them.

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a direct result of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on 23 August

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Italian alliance with Germany - pact of steel - 1939

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Italian alliance with Germany - pact of steel - 1939

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On May 22, 1939, Germany and Italy expanded their political alliance into a military one by signing the Pact of Friendship and Alliance.

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Its main purpose was to secure the iron ore that shipped from Narvik

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Hideki Tojo promoted to Minister of War - 1940 

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Hideki Tojo promoted to Minister of War - 1940 

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n July 1940 he was appointed minister of war in the cabinet of Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro