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From Appeasement to War

From Appeasement to War. 14.1 Notes. Standard and Objective. I. Aggression Goes Unchecked. Japan took over Manchuria League of Nations takes no action Italy Invades Ethiopia League of Nations votes for sanction on Italy, but they are not enforced

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From Appeasement to War

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  1. From Appeasement to War 14.1 Notes

  2. Standard and Objective

  3. I. Aggression Goes Unchecked • Japan took over Manchuria • League of Nations takes no action • Italy Invades Ethiopia • League of Nations votes for sanction on Italy, but they are not enforced • Hitler re-armed Germany, moved troops into the Rhineland a demilitarized zone w/ France • Western democracies denounced actions but did nothing

  4. I. Aggression Goes Unchecked cont. • appeasement- giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace • Why the West appeased Hitler • Great depression • Fear of modern tech’s power • Pacifism after WWI • Fascism a defense vs. communism • Faith in diplomacy • pacifism- opposition to all war

  5. I. Aggression Goes Unchecked cont. • U.S. passes the Neutrality Acts- laws that forbid sale of weapons or loans to warring countries • Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis- These nations all agreed to fight communism, not interfere with one another

  6. II. Spain Collapses Into Civil War • 1936 fascist Francisco Franco led a revolt that led to civil war • Hitler and Mussolini sent arms and forced to back Franco • Soviets sent arms to fight against him • Guernica- small town, air raided, 1,600 innocents die • Testing ground for new weapons for Hitler • Franco wins war, become fascist dictator

  7. III. German Aggression Continues • 1938 Hitler annexes Austria • Called the Anschluss • Nazis already controlled top government • Hitler just walks in with his army and takes over • Violation of Versailles treaty • Western democracies take no action

  8. IV. The Munich Conference • Hitler wanted Sudetenland a German speaking portion of Czechoslovakia • France/ Britain unwilling to fight a war over it • Munich Conference- they cave to Hitler’s demands • British PM Neville Chamberlain declares “Peace for our time” upon returning

  9. V. Europe Plunges Toward War • 1939 Hitler takes the rest of Czech • Democracies pledge to protect Poland if it is attacked • Nazi-Soviet Pact- agreed not to fight each other and to divide up Poland and Eastern Europe between them • September 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland, France and Britain declare war, WWII had begun

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