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EUROPE ON THE BRINK OF
WARAgain . . .
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NEW ASIAN POWERHOUSE!
• Japan is Asia’s industrial leader• Japan is ready to rival the Europeans for
power and influence in Asia
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ITALY TO BE GREAT AGAIN!• Mussolini wants to return Italy to the
greatness of Rome• Says Italy will rule the Mediterranean Sea
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FRANCE UNWILLING TO END GERMAN REPERATIONS!
• France believes Germany must continue to pay reparations from WWI
• France has no sympathy for Germany, even as they struggle in economic depression
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STALIN INDUSTRIALIZES USSR
• Stalin’s Five-Year plans are turning the USSR into an industrial power
• Soviet Union is no longer the backwards nation of Russia
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JAPANESE MILITARISTS IN CHARGE
• Military leaders take command of Japanese government
• Japan looking to expand its empire in Asia
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BRITAIN DETERMINED TO HOLD ON TO EMPIRE
• Britain is drained after World War I
• Britain knows their wealth and power depend on holding on to colonies in Africa and Asia
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USA WANTS ISOLATION!
• Most Americans have no desire to get involved in another European war
• USA pledges to stay out of new conflicts in Europe
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HITLER OUT TO BREAK TREATY!• Hitler claims Treaty of Versailles ending
World War I is unfair to Germany.• Hitler wants to end reparations• Hitler will rebuild German military
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MANCHURIA ATTACKED!
• Japanese military conquer Manchuria, the northeast portion of China
• Rest of China prepares for Japanese invasion
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USSR LOOKING TO SPREAD COMMUNISM!
• Stalin creates the Communist International to spread Communism around the world
• Much of Europe and America fearful of the ‘Red Menace’
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HITLER WANTS ‘LIVING ROOM’• Hitler wants to unite all
Germans in Europe in one large country
• Hitler desires Lebensraum (living room) for German people
• Hitler looks to Eastern Europe for this land
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ITALY INVADES ETHIOPIA!• Mussolini wants to
expand the Italian empire
• League of Nations does nothing to stop Italy from conquering small African nation
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HITLER PUTS PEOPLE TO WORK!
• Jobless Germans get work building highways and other public projects
• Millions of Germans working in factories producing weapons
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FRANCE BUILDS MAGINOT LINE!• Defensive wall will
keep the Germans out of France . . . . finally!
• Maginot Line holds nearly 1 million French soldiers ready for a German attack
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HITLER INCREASES GERMAN ARMY!
• 2 Million men ready to fight!
• Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles terms which allowed for only 100,000 men in German army
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HITLER DENOUNCES JEWS!• German Parliament
passes laws restricting rights of Jews
• Germans asked to boycott Jewish businesses
• Germans no longer allowed to marry Jews
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ITALIAN ARMY IN POOR SHAPE!
• Italian troops are badly trained and poorly equipped
• Mussolini promotes those loyal to him over good military leaders
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GERMANY CONQUERS AUSTRIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA!
• Austria joins Germany in 1938
• First the Sudetenland, then all of Czechoslovakia join Germany in 1939
• Britain and France do nothing to stop Hitler
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BRITISH NAVY STILL LARGEST IN WORLD!
• 15 Battleships and 181 Destroyers protecting Britain’s vast empire
• 7 new Aircraft Carriers ready for action
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RED ARMY OF TWO MILLION!• Soviet Union has
nearly 2 million soldiers ready to fight if the Nazis attack
• With many officers executed, USSR lacks good military leadership
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US ARMY NOT READY FOR WAR
• Only 175,000 soldiers in American Army• US Navy is more prepared, with 15
battleships and over 100 submarines
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JAPAN BUILDING HUGE NAVY!
• 10 new Japanese Aircraft Carriers are ready for battle
• 10 new battleships launched• Hundreds of other warships ready for war
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AXIS Alliance Formed
• September 27, 1940
• Germany, Italy and Japan sign a military alliance
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Japan 1939
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Italy 1939
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Germany 1939
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IS THE WORLD READY FOR
WAR?Again . . .
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