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The peace settlemnt ending WW1, signed by Germany and the allied powers of June 28, 1919 in the hall of Mirrors at the palace of Versailles -
Japan invaded Manchuria primarily to secure vital natural resources like coal and iron for its industrial economy, to expand its imperial power and create a buffer against the Soviet Union, and to find a solution to its growing population and economic hardship caused by the Great Depression. -
Italy invaded Ethiopia in October 1935, a conflict known as the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, driven by Benito Mussolini's imperial ambitions for a new Roman Empire, the desire for colonial resources to combat the Great Depression, and the need for revenge after a previous military defeat in 1896 -
The remilitarisation of the Rhineland began on 7 March 1936, when military forces of Nazi Germany entered the Rhineland. -
Anschluss is a German word for "connection" or "annexation" and refers specifically to the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938. -
The Munich Conference concluded that the Sudetenland territory would be ceded to Germany