Transcript Fascist Aggression in Europe and Asia PPT

Response: From Great Britain &
France—Nothing
Response: Nothing
Response: League of Nations applied
sanctions (arms embargo & boycott of
Italian goods)
Response: Britain and France could
not agree on joint action; so nothing
was done.
Response: Only the Soviet Union
gave the Republicans aid. Because
no other country helped them, the
Fascists won in 1939.
Response: Nothing
Response: Nothing
Response: Munich Conference &
Munich Pact—England PM
Chamberlain & French PM Daladier
sacrificed Sudetenland to preserve
peace.
***Height of Appeasement****
Response: England and France
promise to protect Poland
Response: Nothing
Response: SHOCK & DISBELIEF!!!!
England and France declared war
on Germany—World War II in
Europe has begun.
Response: Where will
Hitler’s Blitzkrieg strike next?
Response: Where will Hitler’s
Blitzkrieg strike next?
Response: England resisted and
prevailed! Radar aided their
defense and German decision to
bomb British cities helped RAF win.
Hitler was forced to call off the
invasion.
Response:
The USSR became an Allied Power. The
USSR suffered heavy losses but continued
resisting. When winter set in, the German
attack stopped & the Soviet Union began
a massive counter-attack.
Response: US issued the Stimson
Doctrine—the US would not recognize
any territorial gains by force
Response: Nothing
Response: The US sent arms &
supplies to China
Response: US placed an embargo
on aviation fuel and scrap metal
Response: US froze Japanese assets
Response: US declared war on Dec. 8,
1941
Italy & Germany declared war on the
US
The US would become the “great
arsenal of democracy” for the Allies.