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Causes of WWII

Causes of WWII. SS 11 Chapter 5. TREATY OF VERSAILLES. Review of yesterday. APPEASEMENT. Hitler comes to power in 1933 Germany Advances : Rhineland (March 1936) = > annexed Austria (March 1938) = > annex of Sudetenland - Germans in Czech (Oct 1938)

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Causes of WWII

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  1. Causes of WWII SS 11 Chapter 5

  2. TREATY OF VERSAILLES • Review of yesterday

  3. APPEASEMENT • Hitler comes to power in 1933 • Germany Advances: Rhineland (March 1936) => annexed Austria (March 1938) => annex of Sudetenland - Germans in Czech (Oct 1938) • British/German policy of appeasement “Peace In Our Time” (1938) • Czechoslovakia invaded (March 1939) • Danzig & East Prussia - “polish corridor” (Summer 1939) • Invasion of Poland (Sept 1939)

  4. NAZI-SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION PACT • Hitler wanted Poland - Russia would see it as a threat • Deal => Hitler take Poland give half to Soviets (Russia) • Germany took Poland (Sept 1st) • They order Germany out of Poland by Sept 3rd. • Britain & France declare war when Germany ignores the deadline.

  5. FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS No army to back it up. (Depression/No USA): • Japan invades Manchuria (China). - Resources needed - League condemned ;Japan left League. • Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) - Angry that Italy received no land after WW I . - League boycott does not include oil . - => Hoped Italy would join against Germany.

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