Fascist Italy invades Ethiopia

Mahatma Gandhi and 78 volunteers left Sabarmati Ashram for the coastal village of Dandi to challenge the British salt tax and monopoly. The march turned an everyday necessity into a mass...

An explosion near the Japanese-owned South Manchurian Railway was used as a pretext for the Kwantung Army to seize cities across Manchuria. China appealed to the League of Nations, whose inquiry...

Japan announced Manchukuo in occupied Manchuria, presenting a state under the nominal rule of former Qing emperor Puyi. The Lytton Commission later concluded that the new state did not represent a...

President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor through constitutional procedures after political crisis and elite negotiations. Hitler was not directly elected to the office and did...

Japan formally notified the League of Nations that it would withdraw after the League rejected recognition of Manchukuo. The withdrawal followed Japan's occupation of Manchuria and the Lytton inquiry....

The Arab Higher Committee called a general strike demanding an end to British rule, an end to Jewish immigration and land purchases, and an independent representative government. The strike became the...

Generals leading a coup against Spain's elected Republic began the rebellion in the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco before expanding it to the peninsula. The colonial army included Moroccan troops...

A military clash near Beiping (Beijing) escalated after Japanese and Chinese forces mobilized. The incident became the opening of full-scale Sino-Japanese War, following years of Japanese encroachment...

After taking Nanjing, Japanese troops carried out mass killings, sexual violence, looting, and destruction. The Nanjing city archives preserve investigation files, residents' petitions, burial...

German troops crossed into Austria after Hitler coerced the Austrian government and forced the cancellation of a planned vote on independence. The annexation was followed immediately by terror against...