From Appeasement To War 14.1 Notes

I. Aggression Goes Unchecked Japan overruns Manchuria League of Nations does nothing Italy invades Ethiopia League voted sanctions but did not enforce Hitler re-arms and occupies Rhineland Both violations of Versailles treaty

II. Appeasement and Neutrality Appeasement- giving in to the demands of an aggressor United States passes Neutrality Acts Neutrality Acts- laws that forbid loans or selling of arms to nations at war Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis- agreement to fight communism and not interfere with each other

III. Why the West Appeased Hitler Fear of modern weaponry Pacifism following WWI Pacifism- opposition to all war Great Depression Faith in diplomacy Fascism a defense vs. communism

IV. Spain Collapses Into Civil War Francisco Franco- led a revolt that turned into a civil war Hitler, Mussolini supported Franco Stalin supported his opponents Spain was used by Hitler as a testing ground for new weapons Guernica- Spanish town that was bombed, 1,600 innocents die Franco becomes fascist dictator

V. German Aggression Continues Austria Annexed Called Anschuluss Nazis already controlled top government posts Hitler just walked in and took it Czech crisis Hitler wanted Sudetenland, a German speaking portion of Czechoslovakia

VI. The Munich Conference Munich Conference- West persuaded Czech to surrender Sudetenland to Hitler to avoid war British PM Chamberlain declared “peace for our time” Hitler assured them that there were no further plans to expand

VII. Europe Plunges Toward War March 1939 Hitler takes the rest of Czech Britain, France pledge to defend Poland, Hitler’s likely next target Nazi-Soviet Pact- non- aggression pact Secretly agreed not to fight if one went to war and to divide up Eastern Europe and Poland September 1st, 1939 Hitler invades Poland WWII begins