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Path to War

Path to War. From Appeasement to War. Axis Powers. Germany Japan Italy. Causes: Imperialism, Militarism, and Nationalism. Germany, Italy, and Japan Imperialism- wanted more land. Militarism- glorified and built up their military.

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Path to War

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  1. Path to War From Appeasement to War

  2. Axis Powers Germany Japan Italy

  3. Causes: Imperialism, Militarism, and Nationalism Germany, Italy, and Japan • Imperialism- wanted more land. • Militarism- glorified and built up their military. • Nationalism- National pride. Interested in promoting own country’s interests. • Versailles Treaty

  4. Japan • Tojo Hideki • Japan wants an empire equal to that of Western Powers. • Invades Manchuria in 1931. • In 1937, overruns much of eastern China, starting the Second-Sino Japanese War. • Captured then Chinese capital, Nanking.

  5. Rape of Nanking

  6. Italy • Italy still rankled by their defeat in 1896 by Ethiopia. • Invaded again in 1935. • This time, Ethiopian army is no match for tanks and airplanes. • Italy conquers Ethiopia by 1936.

  7. Germany • Hitler immediately begins to rebuild Germany’s military. • First Step • Sends troops to the “demilitarized” Rhineland. • Second Step • Forces Anschluss, or union of Austria and Germany, by sending in army. • Third Step • Germany annexes the Sudetenland and later, the rest of Czechoslovakia.

  8. Response • Appeasement • Giving in to demands of an aggressor to keep the peace. • Strongly condemned • But did nothing. Why do you think other countries did nothing to stop Hitler, Tojo, or Mussolini?

  9. Why not? • Great Depression • Pacifism • Morally against violence or war. • Feared another war like World War I. • Thought Fascism was a good defense against Communism.

  10. “Peace for our time”

  11. Non Aggression Pact • Nazis and Soviets sign a secret pact saying that they will not attack each other and that they will divide up Poland and Eastern Europe between themselves.

  12. Invasion of Poland • September 1st, 1939, one week after the Non Aggression Pact is signed, Germany invades Poland. • Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later. World War II had begun.

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