<< 1934 World War II Timeline 1936 >>
7 January -
Ethiopia:
French Prime Minister Pierre Laval signs an agreement with
Benito Mussolini, promising that France will not intervene in Italy's African conquests, despite a
1906 Anglo-French pact to exclude
Rome from
Ethiopia.
13 January -
Europe: The
Saarland votes overwhelmingly in favor of rejoining Germany; 90% of those voting supported the measure.
1 March -
Europe: The Reich expands for the first time, reabsorbing the
Saar.
9 March -
Europe:
Germany announces the existence of the
Luftwaffe, the German
air force.
16 March -
Europe: Military service becomes compulsory in Germany.
23 March -
China: The Japanese
puppet state of
Manchukuo purchases the
Chinese Eastern Railway from the
USSR for
$40 million.
28 March -
Europe:
Triumph des Willens (
Triumph of the Will), one of the
seminal works of Nazi
propaganda, premiers in
Berlin.
3 April -
Ethiopia: Due to increasing Italian aggression against
Ethiopia, the
African nation petitions the
League of Nations to take action.
7 June -
Europe:
Stanley Baldwin becomes
Prime Minister of
Britain.
9 June -
Japan: Japan demands that China remove its military forces from
Beijing and
Tientsin.
15 June -
China: The leader of the
Communist forces in
China,
Mao Zedong, urges a "united people's front" against Japanese agression.
18 June -
Europe:
Germany and
Britain ratify the
Anglo-German Naval Agreement, limiting the
tonnage of the German navy to a mere 35% of the British fleet.
31 August -
United States:
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the
1935 Neutrality Act with the aim of keeping the nation out of a
second war in
Europe.
11 September -
Ethiopia:
Samuel Hoare,
Foreign Secretary of
Britain, urges the
League of Nations to take action regarding the Italian military buildup on the
Ethiopian border.
15 September -
Europe: The
Nuremberg Laws, designed to acheive "racial purity", are passed by the German
Reichstag, stripping Jews of all rights and legalizing their
persecution. Jews are prohibited from sexual relations and marriage with non-Jewish Germans. The
swastika is officially incorporated into the German flag.
28 September -
Ethiopia:
Ethiopia mobilizes its hopelessly outmatched military.
2 October -
Ethiopia:
Italy fully invades
Ethiopia.
5 October -
Ethiopia:
FDR invokes the
Neutraliy Act, erecting arms embargoes against
Italy and
Ethiopia.
6 October -
Ethiopia: Italy captures
Adowa.
19 October -
Ethiopia: The
League of Nations adopts sanctions against Italy for their aggression in Africa.
28 October -
Japan: The Japanese government demands that China move to suppress
Communism and all anti-Japanese activities in that country.
6 November -
Ethiopia: The fortress of
Makkale falls to the Italians.
15 November -
Asia: The
Philippine Islands become a
commonwealth of the
United States.
1 December -
China:
Chiang Kai-Shek is elected to
chair the Chinese
National Government.
8 December -
Ethiopia:
Samuel Hoare and
Pierre Laval sign a secret pact, recognizing Italy's claim to large sections of Ethiopian territory.
9 December -
Ethiopia: The
Hoare-Laval Pact is publicized.
12 December -
China: Two Chinese
provinces bordering
Manchukuo,
Chahar and
Hopei, are declared to be
autonomous by the Japanese.
22 December -
Europe:
Samual Hoare is replaced by
Anthony Eden as the British Foreign Secretary.
23 December -
Ethiopia: The Italian commander in the region,
Marshal Badoglio, orders the use of
dichlorodiethyl sulfide gas against the Ethiopian defenders.
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