japanese expansion reasons –raw materials and markets –land for growing population –less...
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Japanese Expansion
• Reasons– Raw materials
and markets – Land for growing
population– Less
dependence on foreign materials and goods
The Manchurian Crisis, 1931
The Manchurian Crisis, 1931•Japan attacked Manchuria
•Renamed it Manchukuo•China protested in LON
•Japan ordered to return Manchuria
•Japan withdrew from LON
•Japan attacked Manchuria•Renamed it Manchukuo•China protested in LON
•Japan ordered to return Manchuria
•Japan withdrew from LON
The Japanese Invasionof China, 1937
The Japanese Invasionof China, 1937
Nanking (capital)and other north and eastern cities
Nanking (capital)and other north and eastern cities
Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935
Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935
EthiopianEmperor
Haile Selassie
Why: Revenge for loss in 1800s. Creation of “Roman Empire” Emperor Salassie appealed to the LON LON applied ineffective economic sanctions1936 Italy annexed Ethiopia
Why: Revenge for loss in 1800s. Creation of “Roman Empire” Emperor Salassie appealed to the LON LON applied ineffective economic sanctions1936 Italy annexed Ethiopia
Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936
The “Pact of Steel”- Both Fascist
yFascists - Falange Party.
y Republicans
y Marxists.
ySocialists.
TheNational
Front[Nationalists]
TheNational
Front[Nationalists]
ThePopularFront
[Republicans]
ThePopularFront
[Republicans]
The Spanish Civil War:1936 - 1939
The Spanish Civil War:1936 - 1939
Italy, Germany, and Russia take sidesCan you guess whose side?Italy, Germany, and Russia take sidesCan you guess whose side?
The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939
The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939
Francisco Franco – fascist leader
Fascist win
The Spanish Civil War:A Dress Rehearsal for WW II
The Spanish Civil War:A Dress Rehearsal for WW II
Italian troops in Madrid
•Italy and Germanytested new weaponstechnology
•Italy and GermanyFought against Russia in WWII
•Italy and Germanytested new weaponstechnology
•Italy and GermanyFought against Russia in WWII
Germany Invades Rhineland
March 7, 1936
Germany Invades Rhineland
March 7, 1936•Buffer area between France and Germany established by TOV•Hitler violated TOV•France and Great Britain do nothing
•Buffer area between France and Germany established by TOV•Hitler violated TOV•France and Great Britain do nothing
The Austrian Anschluss, 1938The Austrian Anschluss, 1938
AustriaAustria
•Hitler marches into Austria and makes it part of Germany•France and Great Britain do nothing
•Hitler marches into Austria and makes it part of Germany•France and Great Britain do nothing
The “Problem” of theSudetenland
The “Problem” of theSudetenland
•3 Million Germans lived in northwest Czechoslovakia•Sept 1938, Hitler demands Sudetenland’s right to self determination
•3 Million Germans lived in northwest Czechoslovakia•Sept 1938, Hitler demands Sudetenland’s right to self determination
Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938
Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938
Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do
business with.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Appeasement
• Munich Pact/Agreement• France and Great Britain
give into Hitler’s demand for the Sudetenland
• Hitler agrees to leave the rest of Czech alone
• Czechs not invited!
Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939
Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939
The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939
The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939
Public Part:•Germany and U.S.S.R.agree not to attack eachother.Secret Part•Germany and U.S.S.Ragree to split Poland
What advantage did this give Germany?
Public Part:•Germany and U.S.S.R.agree not to attack eachother.Secret Part•Germany and U.S.S.Ragree to split Poland
What advantage did this give Germany?