January 31, 2017 Global II Agenda: DO NOW: Term Matching NOTES #29: What were the causes of World War II? CLASS ASSIGNMENT: “Major Events of World War II”

What were the causes of World War II? Notes #29

World War II (WWII) was a military conflict from 1939 to 1945 that involved some of the world’s most powerful nations.

During the late 1930s, Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance (called the Axis Powers) and began invading other nations.

Several European nations, such as Britain and France, gave in to these aggressors through a policy of appeasement because they wanted to avoid another (world) war. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Adolf Hitler at the Munich Conference (1938)

The League of Nations was an international peace organization (created after World War I) that was supposed to prevent this aggression.

However, the League of Nations was too weak because the U. S However, the League of Nations was too weak because the U.S. refused to join.

In 1939, Germany invaded Poland, which led to Britain and France declaring war on Germany and the start of WWII.