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A war was fought between the Empire of Japan and Qing dynasty China from 1894 to 1895. It was a conflict over control of Korea and Manchuria and resulted in a decisive victory for Japan.

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January 30th of 1933, Hitler was elected as chancellor of Germany.

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Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles - 1935 

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Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles - 1935 

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On March 16, 1935, Adolf Hitler announced that he would rearm Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

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October 3rd, 1935.  The Italians committed countless atrocities on the independent African state. Poisonous gas, aerial bombardment, flame throwers, and concentration camps were all employed.

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German military forces entered the Rhineland, which directly contravened the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties.

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In 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy's foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano.

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November 25, 1936. 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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The mass killing of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army after its seizure of Nanjing, China, on December 13, 1937, during the Sino-Japanese War that preceded World War II.

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On the morning of March 12 1938 the 8th army of German Wehrmacht crossed the border into Austria and were greeted with cheers.

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September 29, 1938, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement, by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses to Nazi Germany.

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Czechoslovakia was subsequently invaded by Germany

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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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April 7th - April 12 1939, a brief military campaign which was launched by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom.

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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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August 1939, the two countries agreed that they would not attack each other and secretly divided the countries that lay between them.

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The Soviet invasion of Poland was a military conflict by the Soviet Union without a formal declaration of war.

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September 1, 1939 - October 6, 1939 German troops invaded Poland.

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Mukden Incident—Invasion of Manchuria - 1931

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Mukden Incident—Invasion of Manchuria - 1931

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September 18, 1931, an explosion destroyed a section of railway track near the city of Mukden. The Japanese, who owned the railway, blamed Chinese nationalists for the incident and used the opportunity to invade Manchuria.

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An agreement attempting to eliminate war as an instrument of national policy.

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On April 9, 1940. German troops crossed the German-Norwegian border to attack Denmark for 6 hours until Denmark surrendered.

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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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July 1940, he was appointed minister of war to the Japanese government led by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.