Aggressors: Japan, Italy, Germany Japan led by Emperor Hirohito –Terminates Washington Naval Treaty in –Accelerated construction of battleships in –Japan invades and captures the Chinese province of Manchuria in The region was rich in natural resources the Japanese desperately needed. –The League of Nations report on the matter condemned Japan, and Japan quits the League of Nations in response.
Germany Adolf Hitler (Der Fuhrer) Remilitarizes Germany (1935) Marches into Rhineland (1936) Anschluss (1938) Munich Agreement (1938)- Gives Hitler the Sudetenland.