1. Acts of Aggression Violence leads to War!

2. Why expand? Build their empire Lebensraum Natural resources

3. Weakness of the League of Nations US refusal to join No army or power to enforce decisions

4. Germany Goals: Defiance towards treaty of Versailles and Lebensraum Rebuild economy Rebuild economy Enlarge army, navy, and air force Enlarge army, navy, and air force 1936 – annexes the Rhineland 1936 – annexes the Rhineland 1938 – annexes Austria (Anschluss) 1938 – annexes Austria (Anschluss) 1938 – invades the Sudetenland 1938 – invades the Sudetenland

5. Italy Invades Ethiopia

6. Japan 1931 – Attacks Manchuria 1937 – Invades China 1941 – Took SE Asia Why? Space and natural resources Why? Space and natural resources

7. Aggression goes unchecked Munich Conference Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and US Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and US Appeasement – Policy of giving into someone’s demands in order to maintain peace Appeasement – Policy of giving into someone’s demands in order to maintain peace Why appease? Why appease?WWI Soviet Union was a greater threat than Germany Germany http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-video video

8. Effects of Appeasement March 1939 – Invades rest of Czechoslovakia Sept. 1, 1939 – Invasion of Poland START OF WWII