Failure of Versailles Lecture 1

Standard 11.7.1 Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor. Essential Question: How did the British policy of appeasement contribute to the eruption of WWII?

League of Nations No way to stop aggressor nations the geography of Europe almost begged for war Rhineland Poland Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia East Prussia

Japan Hirohito and Imperial Japan Japan shifted from democratic reform to military rule wanted to become a world power needed more resources invaded Manchuria in 1931 invaded China in 1937 Rape of Nanjing

Soviet Union Stalin and the Soviet Union tried to industrialize Russia in five-year plans Collectivization Terror tactics Gulags up to a million “traitors” were killed or sent to Siberia Purges

Italy Mussolini and Italy fascist leader invaded Ethiopia in 1935 “black shirts” outlawed political parties seized the press formed secret police invaded Ethiopia in 1935 the League of Nations did nothing “We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty.” (1934)

Germany Hitler and Germany the Nazi Party promised a Third Reich Blamed Germany’s problems on inferior peoples Jews Called for all German-speaking people to join in one nation Time Magazine’s man of the year in 1936 Hosted the 1936 Olympics

German Propaganda

                                         

1936 Olympic Games

Spain Spanish Civil War, 1936 Hitler and Mussolini sent aid to fascist Francisco Franco so he would win the war used the war to field test their military hardware US and Britain feared involvement would lead to war and did nothing Spain will sit out WWII

Munich Pact Munich Pact, 1938 Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler in Munich signed a treaty that Hitler would not take any more territory appeasement or just encouraged the fascists Hitler took the rest of Czechoslovakia in 1939 Mussolini seized Albania