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From Appeasement to War: The Prelude to WWII

Explore the disastrous policy of appeasement in the 1930s, leading to Japanese aggression, Italian expansion, Spanish Civil War, Hitler's maneuvers, and the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

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From Appeasement to War: The Prelude to WWII

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  1. CHAPTER 14 SECTION ONE From Appeasement to War

  2. IV. During the 1930s, Western nations followed a disastrous policy of Appeasement : Giving in to an aggressor in order to avoid war

  3. A. Japan tries to create Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere • 1. 1931 invasion of Manchuria • 2. 1937 invasion of China • 3.Mao and Chaing Kai-Shek fight back • 4. U.S. boycott on oil imports

  4. B. Italian Aggression • 1. Mussolini sought to recreate the Roman Empire • 2. 1935 invasion of Ethiopia • 3. Economic sanctions by League of Nations are of little help

  5. C. Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 • 1. Prelude to WW II • 2 .Nationalist vs. Republicans • 3.Phalange- Spanish Fascists led by Francisco Franco

  6. 4.Mussolini and Hitler send troops and weapons to help Franco • 5. Western democracies fear socialists in Republican forces-send nothing • 6. Bombing of Gernika • 7. Fascists win-Spain devastated

  7. D. Germany- 1936-1939 Hitler expands German power with no direct military confrontation • 1. Allies engage in Appeasement tactics, giving in to an aggressor in the hope that they will be satisfied and military action can be avoided

  8. 2 . 1936 militarization of the Rhineland, Hitler marches troops into border area in direct defiance of Versailles Treaty • 3.1937- Austrian president Dolfuss assassinated-Austria annexed

  9. E. 1938 Czechoslovakia • 1. Hitler demands Sudetenland • 2.Munich Agreement • France and Great Britain appease Hitler by giving up 1/3 of Czech. in exchange for peace • 3. 6 months later, Germany takes the rest

  10. F. Coming of War • 1. 1938-Axis Treaty between Germany and Italy • 2. 1939 German/ Soviet non-aggression pact-to avoid a two-front war • 3. 1939 invasion of Poland 4.Britain and France declare war-Beginning of World War II

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