1. Germany, Japan, Italy: Acts of Aggression!
The March Towards War
Germany, Japan, Italy: Acts of Aggression!

2. Emperor Hirohito JAPAN Great Depression hurts Japan
Militants seize power
Emperor kept as symbol of state power
As “puppet” leader

3. Leader of Extreme Militant group
Becomes Prime Minister

4. League of Nations Challenged
1931- Japan invades Manchuria
1933- Japan ignored protest
withdraws from League of Nations
1937- Japan invades China

5. Italy Invades Ethiopia 1935
Benito Mussolini
Italy Invades Ethiopia
1935
“God and history will remember
Your judgment…..It is us today.
It will be you tomorrow”
Leader of Ethiopia 1936

6. Italy League of Nations only condemns attack
Italy had been encouraged by League’s timid response to Japan
Mussolini claims:
“Italy has at last her empire…A Fascist Empire”

7. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
1936 Italy-Germany-Japan form alliance
AXIS Powers are established

8. Civil War in Spain Spain was ruled by Monarchy until 1931
New Republic is formed
1936 Francisco Franco launches fascist revolt
Against the new Government
Mussolini & Hitler send support (1936)
Western powers remain neutral
End Result: Spain is ruled for 40-years by Franco

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