Transcript Aggressors Invade Nations

Aggressors Invade Nations
Ch. 15.4
As Germany, Italy, and Japan conquer
other countries, the rest of the world
does nothing to stop them.
Japan invades Manchuria
Answer to Homework: To solve its
economic problems and protect
Japanese business interests
Notes: Japan Invades Manchuria
A. Japan has investments in Manchuria,
Chinese Province
B. In 1931, Japanese army seizes
Manchuria
C. League of Nations protests action;
D. Japan withdraws from League
Mussolini Attacks Ethiopia
A. In 1935, Mussolini attacks Ethiopia
B. League of Nations does not stop
aggression
Japan Invades China
A. In 1937, Japan launches war on
China
Why did Britain and France take no
action against Italian aggression?
Homework: Britain and France
hoped to keep the peace in
Europe
Notes: Hitler Defies Versailles
Treaty
• In 1935, Hitler begins
rebuilding German army
• In 1936, Germany occupies
Rhineland
• Britain urges appeasement, a
policy of giving in to
aggression
• Germany, Italy, and Japan—
the Axis Powers—form an
alliance
Why did isolationists want these
laws passed?
Answer to Homework: The
U. S. isolationists
hoped to keep the
United States out of
another war
Notes: United States
Follows an
Isolationist Policy
A. Isolationism—
avoidance of political
ties with other countries
B. In 1935, Congress
passes Neutrality Acts
What were some effects of appeasing
Hitler after his invasion of the
Rhineland
Answer to Homework: strengthened
Hitler’s power in Germany and
encouraged Hitler to speed up
military and territorial expansion
The German Reich Expands
A. Hitler plans to expand Third
Reich—German Empire
B. In 1938, Hitler annexes Austria
C. Hitler demands the Sudetenland
from Czechoslovakia (Munich
Argreement)
D. Czechs refuse, ask France for
help
What were the immediate results of
Japan’s invasion of China?
Answer to Homework:
The Chinese
retreated and set up a
new capital and the
Chinese guerrillas
continued to fight in
the occupied area
Notes: Japan Controls
China during WWII
Why was the Munich Conference
unsuccessful?
Answer to Homework: The Czechs
were not invited. British P.M.
Neville Chamberlain believed he
could preserve peace
Britain and France Again Choose
Appeasement
A. Leaders meet at Munich
Conference to settle Czech
crisis
B. Britain and France agree to let
Hitler take Sudetenland
C. But in 1939, Hitler still takes rest
of Czechoslovakia
D. Mussolini takes Albania; Hitler
demands part of Poland
E. It was clear that the agreement
had failed to stop Hitler’s
ambitions of world domination
How did other countries help Franco’s
Nationalist forces bring about the collapse of
Republican resistance?
Answer to Homework: While the
Western democracies remained
neutral, Hitler and Mussolini sent
troops, tanks, and airplanes to
Franco
Notes: Civil War Erupts in Spain
A. In 1931, a republic is declared in
Spain
B. In 1936, General Francisco
Franco leads rebellion
C. Hitler and Mussolini help Franco
and his Fascists
D. In 1939, Franco wins Spanish
Civil War
E. Franco becomes Spain’s Fascist
dictator
Why did Stalin sign an agreement with
Fascist Germany, once a bitter enemy?
Answer to Homework:
Stalin wanted to avoid
war w/ Germany
Notes: Nazis and
Soviets Sign
Nonaggression Pact
A. In 1939, Stalin and
Hitler pledge never to
attack one another