1. Dictators turn to Aggression
Chapter 10, Section 1

2. League of Nations
US never joined
No power to enforce
WEAK!

3. Hitler & Mussolini 1933 to 1936 rebuilt economy and army
Lebensraum, living space, for Germans
German troops to Rhineland against League
1935 Italy invaded Ethiopia
League did nothing

4. Spain Fascists win Spanish Civil War
Hitler and Mussolini sent aid to Franco
Tested new technology

5. Why did France and Britain Appease the Fascist Powers?
Giving what they want to maintain peace
Did not want another war like WWI
Soviet Union was a greater threat
Citizens did not want to fight
US embraced isolationism

6. Germany’s Acquisitions
Spring of 1938 – took Austria (Anschluss)
British and French give Sudetenland to avoid war
Munich Pact

7. Sudetenland