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5 events · 7 research items · April 19, 1936 to December 13, 1937
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Bombing of Guernica
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Bombing of Guernica

26 April 1937 — German Condor Legion aircraft and Italian forces attack the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The raid kills civilians and destroys...

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Full-Scale Sino-Japanese War Begins
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Full-Scale Sino-Japanese War Begins

7 July 1937 — Fighting near the Marco Polo Bridge escalates into a major war between Japan and China. Japanese forces capture major cities including Shanghai and Nanji...

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Hossbach Conference
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Hossbach Conference

5 November 1937 — Hitler meets senior military and foreign-policy leaders and discusses Germany's need for territorial expansion. The surviving memorandum records Aust...

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Hossbach Memorandum
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Hossbach Memorandum

5 November 1937 — Adolf Hitler addresses senior military and foreign-policy leaders and discusses Germany's need for territorial expansion. The surviving memorandum re...

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

1937–1945 wartime expansion — Mitsubishi becomes one of Japan's most important industrial groups supporting naval construction, aircraft production, machinery and othe...

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Neville Chamberlain
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Neville Chamberlain

28 May 1937 — Chamberlain becomes British prime minister and becomes closely associated with appeasement. His policy seeks negotiated revision of some grievances while...

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Untitled

Untitled5 November 1937 — During the Hossbach meeting, Hitler presents territorial expansion as necessary for Germany's strategic future. Austria and Czechoslovakia ar...

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