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Path to War
From Appeasement to WarSlide2
Axis Powers
Germany
Japan
ItalySlide3
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 TreatySlide4
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. Slide5
Rape of NankingSlide6Slide7Slide8Slide9Slide10
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.Slide11
Germany
Hitler immediately begins to rebuild Germany’s military.
First StepSends troops to the “demilitarized”
Rhineland.Second StepForces
Anschluss, or union of Austria and Germany, by sending in army.
Third Step
Germany annexes the
Sudetenland
and later, the rest of Czechoslovakia.Slide12
Response
Appeasement
Giving in to demands of an aggressor to keep the peace.
Strongly condemnedBut did nothing.
Why do you think other countries did nothing to stop Hitler, Tojo
, or Mussolini?Slide13
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.Slide14
“Peace for our time”Slide15
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.Slide16
Invasion of Poland
September 1
st
, 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.