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B/W Wars #11: Levels of Intervention:. Economic Sanctions : Embargo (refuse to buy products) Refusal to sell products. Limited Military Action : Targeted bombings Specialist Soldiers. NO intervention. WAR. Diplomacy : Condemning action Negotiating w/leaders.
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B/W Wars #11: Levels of Intervention: Economic Sanctions : • Embargo (refuse to buy products) • Refusal to sell products Limited Military Action : • Targeted bombings • Specialist Soldiers NO intervention WAR Diplomacy: • Condemning action • Negotiating w/leaders Limited Intervention: • Giving $, supplies • Humanitarian aid (food, medicine, etc)
Place the # for each of these along the level of intervention spectrum. • US sends in 400 soldiers to help Syrian forces. • North Korea can no longer export any natural resources, including coal which brings them $1 billion/year. • Obama publicly condemned Russia’s invasion of eastern Ukraine. • Navy Seals are sent in to capture Osama Bin Laden. • US airstrikes hit an ISIS headquarters. • US has thousands of soldiers still in Afghanistan.
B/W Wars #12: Ethiopia Questions Notes Include 1 - 2 pieces of info per paragraph • 5 L 1 Qs • 2 L 2/3 Qs Summarize what happens to Ethiopia
Nations will begin to invade other peaceful nations. What should the world do? Nothing, Diplomacy, Economic Sanctions, Limited Intervention, Limited Military, WAR ?? B/W Wars #13: Rule the World Journal: Answer each question with a short explanation. Should the U.S. help a country if its people are being attacked & murdered by its leader? Should the U.S. help a country that is being invaded and attacked by another country?
Japan • Military led by Hideki Tojo took over & restored power to Emperor Hirohito • But really military has control • Want an empire
3 Motives: • Security Concerns— • Afraid of the Soviets & Chinese • Belief in Asian Leadership Role • Felt superior • Felt like Western powers were bullying them • Economic Interests • Control resources like OIL
Manchuria • 1931: Japan invades Manchuria • League of Nations said – NO! – so Japan leaves the LofN • LofN can’t agree on sanctions – does nothing! Should the League of Nations have done something to stop them at this point?
China • 1937: Japan invades China • Japan quickly defeats many parts of China • Rape of Nanking: incredibly brutal murders and destruction • Brutal murders 300,000 out of 600,000 • Tens of thousands were raped Should the League of Nations have done something to stop them at this point?
Brutality of the Rape of Nanking • An article on the "Contest to kill 100 people using a sword" published in the Tokyo NichiNichiShimbun. The headline reads, "'Incredible Record' (in the Contest to Cut Down 100 People) —Mukai 106 – 105 Noda—Both 2nd Lieutenants Go Into Extra Innings"
Ethiopia • Mussolini wanted an African Empire • Attacks Ethiopia in 1935 • Emperor Selassie begs the League of Nations for help – none comes • “God and history will remember your judgement…It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”
Hitler gains more power by… • Fire burns the Reichstag Blamed on Communists • Hitler uses it as an excuse to gain more power • Passed law – restrict freedoms, arrest suspects w/o reason • 1933, he gets absolute power for 4 years • Fix economy – putting many to work! Work means bread
Totalitarian regime: • SS:protection squad, arrest opposition, very violent / deadly • Gestapo: secret police • Concentration camps: prisons for political opponents • Propaganda • Burned books • Kids joined Hitler Youth
Germany • Ignores Treaty of Versailles • Builds up military • Sends troops into Rhineland (supposed to be demilitarized) 1936 • Britain asks for appeasement: give in & hope that’s all he wants! Should the League of Nations have done something to stop them at this point?
Axis Powers • 1936: Germany, Italy, & Japan sign alliance Should the League of Nations have done something to stop them at this point?
What is the message of this cartoon? • Add 5 Level 1 questions. • Answer: Why did the world ignore this?