1. Aggressors Invade Unit 7, SSWH 17 f

2. Militarists Take Control of Japan
Want to solve economic problems through expansion •(invading)
•1931, Japanese army seizes Manchuria
• League of Nations protests action; Japan withdraws from League

3. Japan Invades China
1937, Japan launches war on China
“Asia for the Asians”, trying to kick out foreigners

4. Mussolini Attacks Ethiopia
1935, Italy attacks Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s leader, Halie Selassie, asks League for help
•League of Nations does not stop aggression, gives Italy a fine.

5. Hitler Defies Versailles Treaty
•1935, Hitler rebuilds German army
•1936, Germany occupies Rhineland
• Britain urges appeasement, a policy of giving into aggression
• Germany, Italy, and Japan = the Axis Powers (alliance)

6. Civil War Erupts in Spain
1936, General Francisco Franco leads rebellion
•Hitler & Mussolini help Franco (sent weapons)
•1939, Franco wins Civil War
•Franco becomes Spain’s Fascist dictator

7. U.S.A. = Isolationist Policy
•Isolationism—avoidance of political ties with other countries
•1935, Congress passes Neutrality Acts

8. German Reich (Empire) Expands
Hitler plans to expand Third Reich—German Empire
•1938, Hitler annexes (adds) Austria
• Hitler demands the Sudeten-land from Czechoslovakia
• Czechs refuse, ask France for help

9. Brit. & France Choose Appeasement
Leaders meet at Munich Conf. to settle Czech crisis
Britain & France agree to let Hitler take Sudetenland
1939, Hitler takes rest of Czechoslovakia
•Mussolini takes Albania; Hitler demands part of Poland

10. Nazis & Soviets Sign Nonaggression Pact
1939, Stalin (soviet leader) & Hitler pledge never to attack one another (divide up Poland)