1. SSWH17f Aggression and Conflict Leading to World War II

2. Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939 Fascist uprising by Francisco Franco
Resulted from general discontent with government
Supported by Italy, Germany (& Portugal)
Munitions and Soldiers
Non-intervention policy from Britain and France
Franco becomes dictator
German assistance dramatized in Picasso’s Guernica

4. Picasso’s Guernica Areial attack on Basque town of Guernica
Carried out by Germans after Spanish request
FIRST RAID ON DEFENSELESS CIVILIAN POPULATION BY MODERN AIR FORCE

5. Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
October May 1936
Exposed weakness of League of Nations
Ethiopia and Italy were members (oops)
Italian Victory (decisive)
Interwar conflict
Sets up future conflict in Africa

6. Rape of Nanjing
Japan wished to expand its territory into mainland China to extract resources
Do so forcibly using its military strength
When conquering Nanjing, forces massacred civilians
The League of Nations expressed disapproval with such actions
The US Instituted a trade embargo against Japan

7. German Annexation of the Sudetenland
Why did Hitler claim the land for Germany?
300,000 inhabitants of German dissent
What was the response by the League of nations?
Munich Conference
Appeasement
Agreed to the annexation as long as Hitler respected the sovereignty of other nations