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World War II. The Great Depression. Collapse of American Stock Market in 24 October 1929 – Crisis of Capitalism and the Free Market Overproduction of Agricultural Products Worldwide ripple effect of “global economy”. Der Führer. Manchurian Invasion of 1931. JAPAN in the Pacific.
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The Great Depression • Collapse of American Stock Market in 24 October 1929 – Crisis of Capitalism and the Free Market • Overproduction of Agricultural Products • Worldwide ripple effect of “global economy”
Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 Popular Front vs Nationalists (Fascists) Popular Front of Socialists and Communists Nationalists of army, church, wealthy elites. Francisco Franco 1892-1975
The Spanish Civil War • 793
Franco and Hitler Francisco Franco 1892-1975
German Expansion • 1936 – Reoccupation of the Rhineland • 1938 – Anschluss, Austria incorporated into Germany • 1938 – Sudetenland Crisis – Munich Conference • 1939 -- Germany Invades Rest of Czechoslovakia • August 23, 1939 -- German/Soviet Non-aggression Pact • September 1, 1939 – Invasion of Poland
Rome-Berlin Axis 1936 Anti-Comintern Pact 1936 Pact of Steel 1939 Mussolini and Hitler
Liberal Democracy in Retreat Neville Chamberlain Returns to England from Munich with “peace for our time”
German Expansion • 1936 – Reoccupation of the Rhineland • 1938 – Anschluss, Austria incorporated into Germany • 1938 – Sudetenland Crisis – Munich Conference • 1939 -- Germany Invades Rest of Czechoslovakia • August 23, 1939 -- German/Soviet Non-aggression Pact • September 1, 1939 – Invasion of Poland
Triple Alliance In 1940 Japan Joins Germany & Italy to Form Triple Alliance Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
July 16, 1945 5:29am First A-Bomb