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The Road to WWII

The Road to WWII. Japan:. In 1931, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria . Why? Japan wanted to become a superpower, but to do so it needed access to resources . Manchuria was full of the most important resources: Coal Gold Oil Iron. The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria:.

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The Road to WWII

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  1. The Road to WWII

  2. Japan: • In 1931, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria. Why? • Japan wanted to become a superpower, but to do so it needed access to resources. • Manchuria was full of the most important resources: • Coal • Gold • Oil • Iron

  3. The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria:

  4. Who was supposed to stop things like this from happening? • The League of Nations • So what did they do? • The League tried to negotiate with Japan, but Japan simply withdrew from the League.

  5. Italy: • In 1935, Mussolini decided that it was time for Italy to invade Ethiopia. Why? • He wanted to create an empire. • So what happened? • The League imposed trade sanctions against Italy, but these sanctions did not include • Oil • Coal • Iron • Result: The invasion was not stopped.

  6. Mussolini and the Invasion of Ethiopia

  7. Germany: • Hitler, who was watching the Japanese and Italians expand without getting into trouble, decided it was his turn. • In 1936, he ordered the German army to go back into the Rhineland. Why? • He knew the League of Nations would do nothing. • He knew it would increase his popularityin Germany. Result: • He was right. No one did anything to stop him.

  8. Next, in March of 1938, Germany annexed Austria. • Why? • Germans and Austrians speak the same language. • Hitler was from Austria. • Result: • No one did anything to stop him.

  9. In the summer of 1938, Hitler began to threaten Czechoslovakia. Why? • Czechoslovakia had been created out of German and Austrian territory. • There were many Germans living in Czechoslovakia, especially in the region called the Sudetenland. • Most of Czechoslovakia’s industry and fortifications were in the Sudetenland.

  10. Hitler’s Advances

  11. Result: • In October of 1938, the leaders of Britain and France met Hitler in a conference in Germany. • They agreed to give him the Sudetenland as long as he… • Promised he wouldn’t ask for anything more! • After this conference, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew home and declared that, “We shall have peace in our time!” • So a few months later, in March 1939, Hitler invaded and took over all of Czechoslovakia. • This British-French policy of always giving in to Hitler in order to avoid was, is known as appeasement.

  12. The Appeasement of Hitler He smiled very pleasantly and indeed had a sort of appealing and affectionate look in his eyes. My sizing up of the man as I sat and talked with him was that he is really one who truly loves his fellow-men, and his country, and would make any sacrifice for their good. That he feels himself to be a deliverer of his people from tyranny. - Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King (1937)

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