1. Section 1: Threats to World Peace
CHAPTER 21
World War II
Section 1: Threats to World Peace
Objectives:
Analyze why Japan and Italy were able to carry out aggressive territorial policies in the 1930s.
Explain why the League of Nations was ineffective in stopping international aggression.
Describe how the Spanish Civil War led to a fascist dictatorship.

2. Bell Ringer 21.1: Threats to World Peace SECTION 1
Who were the opposing sides of the Spanish Civil War?
Nationalists
Loyalists
Spain: _______________________ _____________________________
Spain: _____________________ ___________________________
Germany: __________________ __________________________
Soviet Union: _________________ _____________________________
Italy: _______________________ ____________________________
International Brigades: _______ ___________________________

3. SECTION 1
Threats to World Peace
After WWI, the role of the League of Nations as an international peacekeeper was challenged.
First meeting of the League assembly in 1920

4. Threats to World Peace Visual Sources
'My offensive equipment being practically nil, it remains for me to fascinate him with the power of my eye.'"
Punch July 28th, 1920

5. Threats to World Peace Kellogg-Briand Pact 1929 SECTION 1
Agreement that made war “illegal”
Signed by 60 nations

6. Threats to World Peace SECTION 1
Japanese military begins gaining power in late 1920s.
Political chaos followed the assassination of the liberal minister Osachi Hamaguchi.
Within two years, a group of military leaders took control.

7. Threats to World Peace SECTION 1
On the evening of September 18, 1931, an explosion occurred on the railroad north of Mukden. The railroad was owned and operated by the Japanese government and its tracks were patrolled by Japanese soldiers. Military leaders immediately blamed Chinese nationalists for the incident and began an occupation of the area.

8. SECTION 1
Threats to World Peace

9. Threats to World Peace SECTION 1
By 1939 the Japanese controlled about one fourth of China, including ALL seaports.

10. Italy’s Conquest of Ethiopia
SECTION 1
Threats to World Peace
Italy’s Conquest of Ethiopia

11. Nobility and large landowners
SECTION 1
Threats to World Peace
Civil War in Spain
Nobility and large landowners
The Catholic Church
WAR!
workers
military
peasants

12. Fascist political party Used terrorism to preserve the power of …
SECTION 1
Threats to World Peace
The Falange
landowners
Fascist political party
Used terrorism to preserve the power of …
army
Church

13. Francisco Franco Threats to World Peace SECTION 1
Set up a fascist dictatorship
Had unlimited power
Ended all free elections & most civil rights
Old ruling groups – army, landowners, Church - all held the positions of power

14. SECTION 1
Threats to World Peace

15. Military dictatorship Falange Manchuria International Brigades illegal
Word Bank
Threats to World Peace
Ready? QUIZ!
Military dictatorship
Falange
Manchuria
International Brigades
illegal
Military
Fascist
Economic sanctions
Ethiopia
Loyalists

16. Military dictatorship Falange Manchuria International Brigades illegal
Word Bank
Threats to World Peace
Ready? QUIZ!
Military dictatorship
Falange
Manchuria
International Brigades
illegal
Military
Fascist
Economic sanctions
Ethiopia
Loyalists

17. Threats to World Peace SECTION 1 Nationalists Loyalists
Spain: army leaders, church leaders, landowners, nobles
Spain: workers, peasants, socialists, communists
Germany: fully equipped military units
Soviet Union: airplanes, technicians, military advisors
Italy: fully equipped military units, 50,000 troops
International Brigades: about 70,000 volunteer fighters

18. Bell Ringer 21.1: Threats to World Peace SECTION 1
Who were the opposing sides of the Spanish Civil War? What groups supported each side?
Nationalists
Loyalists
Spain: workers, peasants, socialists, communists
Spain: army leaders, church leaders, landowners, nobles
Germany: fully equipped military units
Soviet Union: airplanes, technicians, military advisors
Italy: fully equipped military units, 50,000 troops
International Brigades: about 70,000 volunteer fighters

19. Bell Ringer 21.1: Threats to World Peace SECTION 1
Who were the opposing sides of the Spanish Civil War? What groups supported each side?
Nationalists
Loyalists
Spain: ______________________
____________________________
Spain: _____________________ ___________________________
Germany:__________________
__________________________
Soviet Union: ________________ ____________________________
Italy:______________________
__________________________
International Brigades:________
___________________________

20. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 21
1. How did regional conflicts grow to involve many nations in World War II?
2. How did Hitler use prejudice as a tool?
3. How was the technology of World War II both beneficial and destructive?