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Path to War
From Appeasement to War
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Axis Powers
GermanyJapanItaly
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Causes: Imperialism, Militarism, and Nationalism
Germany, Italy, and Japan• Imperialism- wanted more land.
• Militarism- glorified and built up their military.
• Nationalism- National pride. Interested in promoting own country’s interests.
• Versailles Treaty
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Japan
• Tojo Hideki• Japan wants an empire equal to that of
Western Powers. • Invades Manchuria in 1931. • In 1937, overruns much of eastern China,
starting the Second-Sino Japanese War. • Captured then Chinese capital, Nanking.
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Rape of Nanking
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Italy
• Italy still rankled by their defeat in 1896 by Ethiopia.
• Invaded again in 1935. • This time, Ethiopian army is no match for
tanks and airplanes. – Italy conquers Ethiopia by 1936.
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Germany
• Hitler immediately begins to rebuild Germany’s military.
• First Step– Sends troops to the “demilitarized” Rhineland.
• Second Step– Forces Anschluss, or union of Austria and Germany, by
sending in army. • Third Step– Germany annexes the Sudetenland and later, the rest of
Czechoslovakia.
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Response
• Appeasement– Giving in to demands of an aggressor to keep the
peace. • Strongly condemned– But did nothing.
Why do you think other countries did nothing to stop Hitler, Tojo, or Mussolini?
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Why not?
• Great Depression• Pacifism– Morally against violence or war.
• Feared another war like World War I. • Thought Fascism was a good defense against
Communism.
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“Peace for our time”
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Non Aggression Pact
• Nazis and Soviets sign a secret pact saying that they will not attack each other and that they will divide up Poland and Eastern Europe between themselves.
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Invasion of Poland
• September 1st, 1939, one week after the Non Aggression Pact is signed, Germany invades Poland.
• Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later. World War II had begun.