Answer:
The Axis Powers took these aggressive actions prior to the outbreak of World War II which include the <u>invasion of Ethiopia, Manchuria, and the Rhineland.</u>
Explanation:
Axis Powers: It was the coalition of Germany, Italy and Japan against the Allied Powers (the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and China) in World War II.
In 1930, the Japanese took control of railway track in Manchuria (a region in China) and in 1931, the Japan attacked the Chinese army claiming that the Chinese soldiers sabotaged the railway.
On 3 October 1935, Italy invaded the Ethiopia (former name: Abyssinia) in the leadership of Mussolini to expand its territories.
Germany in the leadership of Adolf Hitler occupied the Rhineland in 1937 by making excuse that the area is hostile and dangerous for them.