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World War II

World War II. Why?. Failure of the Treaty of Versailles Weak League of Nations Aggression by fascist powers. Alliances. Axis Powers:. Allied Powers :. Germany Italy Japan. France Great Britain USSR United States. Events that lead to War: Pre WWII Aggression.

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World War II

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  1. World War II

  2. Why? • Failure of the Treaty of Versailles • Weak League of Nations • Aggression by fascist powers

  3. Alliances Axis Powers: Allied Powers: Germany Italy Japan France Great Britain USSR United States

  4. Events that lead to War: Pre WWII Aggression

  5. Pre-War Italian Aggression • Benito Mussolini • Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943 • Ultimately forms an alliance with Hitler's Nazi Germany il duce

  6. Italy invades Ethiopia, 1935 • Italy successfully defeats the Ethiopian forces (1936). • Italy’s military now occupies Ethiopia. • Mussolini makes an alliance with Hitler.

  7. Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939 Francisco Franco Italian troops in Madrid • Spain had civil war (1936-1939) • Fascist Francisco Franco wants to overthrow the democratic government in Spain • Germany and Italy step in to help Franco become dictator

  8. Spanish Civil War-German Involvement • Why did Hitler help Franco? • Hoped Franco would become his ally • He used Spain to test his military forces • Especially to test his new air force (Luftwaffe). • German planes bombed the city of Guernica in Spain. Hitler And Franco

  9. “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso Spanish Civil War Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians.

  10. Japanese Aggression • 1931: Invades Manchuria • 1933: Invades rest of China • 1937: ‘Rape’ of Nanking • 1940: Invade French Indochina (Vietnam) • 1941: Take Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

  11. Japanese Aggression • Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931

  12. Japanese Aggression • Why invade Manchuria? • The need for new markets and new sources of raw materials such as coal, oil, and iron ore • China protested to the League of Nations, but the League didn’t stop Japan.

  13. Rape of Nanking (1937 - 1938) • Japanese invade the Chinese city of Nanking • 300,000 Chinese killed in 6 weeks • Thousands of residents in the city raped by Japanese military

  14. United States Responds • How does the U.S. respond to Japan’s aggressive expansion? • U.S. puts restrictions on Japan’s trade • Also issues an embargo (stops trading) • Japan can no longer acquire scrap metal, oil, and gasoline from the USA. • This angers Japan!!!

  15. U.S. Embargo on Japan

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