Transcript Buildup to the Warx

Militaristic Japan
 Emperor reigns but doesn’t
rule
 1920’s extreme military leaders
attempted to overthrow the
emperor.
 Great Depression put blame on
government
 Unsuccessful
 Military leaders launch surprise
attack on China anyway
 In Manchuria
 Why would Japan want to invade another country?
Manchukuo- 1931
 Within months Japan controlled
this area
 Set up a “puppet government”
Why didn’t China win against tiny
 Japan?
 Chiang Kai-shek (democratic)
could not defeat the Japanese

Better equipped and trained (westernization)
 Conquer Beijing and Nanjing
 The Democratic Chinese set up new capital in west and
continue to fight Mao Zedong (a Chinese communist)
Japanese Invasions
 What’s the League of
Nations?
 Sent people to
investigate
 What did Japan do?
 Militarists in total
control of Japan
The Invasion
Review Questions
 Describe the military in Japan? Who ruled Japan?
 Why were the Japanese interested in capturing
Manchuria?
 Why were the Japanese able to defeat a larger Chinese
force?
Italy Conquers
 Ethiopia
 Resisted Italians in 1890s
 Mussolini wants revenge
 October 1935 defeats the
Ethiopians

Italians had modern
weapons, Ethiopians did
not
 League condemns Italy
but does nothing

Hope to keep peace by
giving in
Hitler Ignores Versailles Treaty
 See’s the League did
nothing to Japan- build up
army.
 League could not stop him
 Actually makes Hitler
more confident
 Rhineland
 Buffer between Germany
and France
 Hitler invades despite
warnings
 Appeasement
 Giving in to the opponent
to keep peace
 If Britain had stepped in at
this point, Hitler would of
stopped.
 Strengthens Hitler’s
prestige and power
 Opens up Belgium and
France to Germany
 Axis Powers Formed
 Italy and Japan decide to
join up with Germany
Taking the Rhineland
Video Clip #2
Review Question #2
 Why was Mussolini so intent on taking over Ethiopia?
 Why was control of the Rhineland so important to
Hitler?
 Describe how the British and French policy of
appeasement contributed to Hitler’s aggressiveness.
The Spanish Civil War
 Francisco Franco
 Fascist leader starts civil
war in Spain
 Hitler and Mussolini
come to his aid
 Western democracies
stay out of it

Russia helps a little
 Franco wins and
becomes dictator
Video Clip #3
The Final Steps
 U.S. was still Isolationist
 Passes Neutrality Acts
 The Third Reich
 March 1938
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Germany annexes Austria
France and Britain ignore
pledge to protect Austria
 Sudetenland
 Area of Czech made up of
German speakers
 Hitler demands rule of the
area
 Czech’s ask for help
 Appeasement Round 2
 Munich Conference

Germany, France, Britain,
Italy
 Neville Chamberlain
 British P.M. chooses
appeasement
 Gives Germany Sudetenland
if Germany would respect
Czech border
 Winston Churchill
 Warns that appeasement
would lead to war
Was Hitler really
done?
Six Months Later
 March, 1938
 Hitler takes
Czechoslovakia
 Mussolini takes Albania
 Hitler demands Danzig
port from Poland

Doesn’t think Britain and
France will risk war
 Hitler and Stalin sign
nonaggression pact
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August 23rd, 1939
Why?
 No one is left to stop the
Axis Powers
Review Questions #3
 Why did Mussolini and Hitler want to help Francisco
Franco?
 What steps were taken by Hitler and Mussolini to test
the will of the British and French?
 Explain how the nonaggression pact between the
Soviets and Germans proved to be the key to Hitler
moving towards war.