1. Axis Aggression in Europe and Asia

2. Benito Mussolini seized control of the Italian gov’t in 1922 March on Rome Called Il Duce

3. Jan. 30, 1933, Adolph Hitler named Chancellor of Germany Called der Fuehrer

4. Oct. 1933 Hitler pulled Germany out of the League of Nations
Response: From Great Britain & France—Nothing

5. 1935 Hitler announced that Germany would rearm in direct violation of the Versailles Treaty
Response: Nothing

6. Oct. 1935 Italy invaded Ethiopia & annexed it
Response: League of Nations applied sanctions (arms embargo & boycott of Italian goods)

7. March 1936 Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland, which was supposed to be free of soldiers and fortifications
Response: Britain and France could not agree on joint action; so nothing was done.

8. 1936-39 Spanish Civil War Hitler & Mussolini gave fascist General Franco aid, including armed forces
Response: Only the Soviet Union gave the Republicans aid. Because no other country helped them, the Fascists won in 1939.

10. Nov Rome-Berlin Axis
Response: Nothing

11. March 1938 Germany annexed Austria in the Anschluss
Response: Nothing

12. ***Height of Appeasement****
Sept Hitler wanted the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia where 3 million Germans lived
Response: Munich Conference & Munich Pact—England PM Chamberlain & French PM Daladier sacrificed Sudetenland to preserve peace.
***Height of Appeasement****

13. March 1939 Hitler took over the rest of Czechoslovakia
Response: England and France promise to protect Poland

14. April 1939 Italy invaded & annexed Albania
Response: Nothing

15. Response: SHOCK & DISBELIEF!!!!
August 23, Non-Aggression Pact signed between Germany and the Soviet Union
Response: SHOCK & DISBELIEF!!!!

16. Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland with the BLITZKRIEG
Sept. 1, Germany invaded Poland with the BLITZKRIEG **WWII in Europe has Begun**
England and France declared war on Germany—World War II in Europe has begun.

17. April 1940 Denmark & Norway conquered by the Nazis
Response: Where will Hitler’s Blitzkrieg strike next?

18. May-June 1940 Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, and France Conquered
Response: Where will Hitler’s Blitzkrieg strike next?

19. Hitler was forced to call off the invasion.
Summer – Fall 1940 England stood ALONE!! The Battle of Britain Luftwaffe vs. RAF
Response: England resisted and prevailed! Radar aided their defense and German decision to bomb British cities helped RAF win.
Hitler was forced to call off the invasion.

20. June 1941 Hitler broke the Non-Aggression Pact & invaded the Soviet Union
Response:
The USSR became an Allied Power. The USSR suffered heavy losses but continued resisting. When winter set in, the German attack stopped & the Soviet Union began a massive counter-attack.

21. Asia

22. Sept. 1931 Japan invaded Chinese province of Manchuria and made it the puppet state of Manchukuo
Response: US issued the Stimson Doctrine—the US would not recognize any territorial gains by force

23. 1932 Japan left the League of Nations
Response: Nothing

24. Response: The US sent arms & supplies to China
July Chinese & Japanese troops clashed, began the Japanese-China War **WW II Has Begun in Asia**
Response: The US sent arms & supplies to China

25. Sept. 1940 Tripartite Pact (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis) signed
Response: US placed an embargo on aviation fuel and scrap metal

26. July 1941 Japan invaded French Indochina
Response: US froze Japanese assets

27. Dec. 7, 1941 A Day that will live in Infamy Japan attacked US in a surprise attackt at Pearl Harbor
Response: US declared war on Dec. 8, 1941
Italy & Germany declared war on the US
The US would become the “great arsenal of democracy” for the Allies.