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Chapter 14.1. From Appeasement to War. Aggression Goes Unchecked p460. Mussolini, Hitler, Japan aggressive 1. Japan invades Manchuria and China League of Nations condemned but no action. 2. Italy invades Ethiopia League of Nations condemns but no action - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter 14.1
From Appeasement to War
Aggression Goes Unchecked p460
• Mussolini, Hitler, Japan aggressive• 1. Japan invades Manchuria and
China• League of Nations condemned but
no action
• 2. Italy invades Ethiopia• League of Nations condemns but no
action• 3. Hitler goes against Treaty of
Versailles• Built up military,• No action • Policy of appeasement
Checking for Understanding??
• What were the three countries that were militarily aggressive?
• What did Western democracies do ?
Keeping the Peace
• Why?• France –weak• England-too harsh on Germany• Both fear of Soviet Communism• *Pacifism-avoid war• *Appeasement-giving into demands
• Neutrality acts-US forbade selling arms to countries at war• Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis• Axis Powers• Goals-fight Soviet Communism and
allow territorial expansion
Spain Collapses Into Civil War
• Liberals vs. Conservatives• Francisco Franco- Fascist Nationalist
vs. Communist Loyalists• Axis backs Franco vs. Soviets back
Communists• 500,000 dead
• Battle of Guernica-Fascist Nazi help Franco committing atrocities• Franco dictator 1939
German Aggression Continues
• 1. Austria annexed (added to) by Germany• Anschluss-union of Austria and
Germany• Western Powers-no action
• 2. The Czech Crisis• Germany annexes the Sudetenland-
an area in western Czechoslavakia • Western Powers-no action and
request conference with Germany
Munich Conference
• France, Britain, and Germany • Agree to-• Germany gets Sudetenland• France and Britain get promise from
Germany that Hitler will stop aggression
“Peace in Our Time”
• Neville Chamberlin-Britain returns to England with “Peace for our Time” and is celebrated• Winston Churchill- They had to
choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor; they will have war
Europe Plunges Toward War
• Germany breaks promise 1939• Nazi- Soviet Pact- nonaggression pact
Hitler and Stalin• Both agree to share Poland and
Eastern Europe• Mistrust and fear
WWII Starts
• Invasion of Poland • Sept 1, 1939 by Germany• Britain and France declare war
“From Appeasement to War”