1. Japan Took over Manchuria (1931).. Took over China (1937).. The League of Nations did nothing.. Japan was not forced to leave..

2. Italy Took over Ethiopia The League of Nations did NOTHING Italy was not forced to leave

3. Germany Entered the Rhineland (the demilitarized ‘buffer zone’ between Germany and France) Hitler will also enter Austria (with the Anschluss) and Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland) The League of Nations did NOTHING Germany was NOT forced to leave

4. Appeasement Giving into an aggressor in hopes of avoiding a conflict Why??? would various groups follow a plan of appeasement? -France—trying to repair from their losses in World War I—not powerful enough to stop Hitler on their own -Britain—did not want to fight another war— some thought Germany’s reaction was warranted since the Treaty of Versailles was so harsh

5. Rome—Berlin—Tokyo Axis Rome = capital city of Italy Berlin = capital city of Germany Tokyo = capital city of Japan The Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis was an alliance of the three nations —Axis Powers of World War II

6. Why get involved in a Spanish civil war? The Spanish civil war was a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the fascist leaders of Germany and Italy Hitler and Mussolini were ‘practicing’ and ‘experimenting’ to see what their own military could accomplish

7. Lebensraum Hitler claimed that the German people needed more ‘living space’ or lebensraum. This was his reasoning for taking over Austria and the Sudetenland (an area of western Czechoslovakia) Hitler believed that any area that held German-speaking citizens should be added to the German Empire… he was building his Third Reich

8. THE DECLARATION OF WAR! September 3 rd 1939 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtrOJnpmz6s