Timeline of Aggression by MARIANA BELTRAN GARCIA

Election of Adolf Hitler - 1933

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:22:57 UTC

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

Annexation of Austria - 1938

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:28:36 UTC

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

Annexation of Sudetenland -1938

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:32:15 UTC

Czechoslovakia was subsequently invaded by Germany

Kellogg-Briand Pact - 1928

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:43:07 UTC

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

Militarization of the Rhineland - 1936

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:44:45 UTC

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

Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles - 1935

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:47:13 UTC

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

Hitler and Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact - 1939

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:49:25 UTC

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

Invasion of Poland - 1939

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:51:32 UTC

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

Invasion of Denmark - 1940

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:54:20 UTC

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

Munich Agreement - 1938

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:56:07 UTC

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.

Sino-Japanese war - 1894

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 15:59:42 UTC

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.

Mukden Incident—Invasion of Manchuria - 1931

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:01:08 UTC

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.

Nanjing Massacre - 1937

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:03:28 UTC

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.

Hideki Tojo promoted to Minister of War - 1940

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:06:18 UTC

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

Italian invasion of Albania - 1939

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:09:07 UTC

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

Italian alliance with Germany—Pact of Steel - 1939

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:11:26 UTC

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

Anti-Comintern Pact - 1936

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:13:29 UTC

November 25, 1936. An agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan, that they would work together to stop the spread of Communism around the globe.

Italian Invasion of Ethiopia - 1935

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:16:11 UTC

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.

Rome-Berlin Axis - 1936

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:18:24 UTC

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

USSR invasion of Poland - 1939

mbeltrangarcia000 — 2023-09-26 16:19:56 UTC

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