1. What does aggression mean?
Japanese aggression
What does aggression mean?

2. Japan’s aggression
Japan had the strongest military power in Asia – during the 1920s, Japan’s military leaders began to take over the country.
They used terrorism and violence to gain power.

3. By 1937, military leaders had total control of the government
They set up a military dictatorship to rule the country
Hirohito was emperor of Japan

4. Japan invades
In 1931, Japanese troops invaded northern China and seized Manchuria, which belonged to China.
The League of Nations protested the invasion of China, but it did nothing to stop Japan

5. Invasion to lead to WORLD war
Italy invaded Ethiopia, Albania
Germany invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium
Germany also began bombing British cities
Japan invaded northern China

6. Axis Powers
Countries joined in alliance – a group of countries all working together
The countries that made the Axis Powers had been building aggressive military power for years
Made up: Japan, Italy, Germany
Discussion = why do you think countries make alliances in wartime?

7. Axis Powers
Japan = Hirohito
Italy = Mussolini
Germany = Hitler

8. Allied Powers
Great Britain = Churchill Soviet Union = Stalin USA = Roosevelt/Truman