The Road to War
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The Road to War
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Setting the StageBy the mid 1930’s in Europe
Germany and Italy seemed bent on military conquests
Britain, France and the US, were distracted by economic problems and feelings of isolation
The Soviet Union was in the middle ( neutral)
All hopes for peace rested on the League Of Nations
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Japan falls under military rule In the 1920’s Japan was becoming more democratic Kellogg- Briand Pact- renounced war Signed a treaty with China respecting China’s borders
Weak prime minister and cabinet Military leaders only answered to the emperor
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Militarists take Control of Japan1930- the depression was blamed on the government, people looked for new leaders
Military took control of Japan Unlike fascism, no new system of government
Wanted to restore traditional control of the country to the military
Emperor was the symbol of power
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Militarists take Control of JapanEmperor Hirohito remained emperor and controlled the military
Hideki Tojo was his general Wanted to solve the economic problems by foreign expansion
They planned a Pacific Empire, that included China
The empire would provide raw materials and space for the growing population
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Japan begins to create an empireJapan takes over Manchuria in 1931
A region in northeastern ChinaRich in iron and coalSet up a puppet government
So what did The League of Nations do? The League protested Japan’s aggression and condemned Japan
Japan ignored protests and withdrew from the League
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Japan begins to create an empire
Japan invades China 4 years later Despite China’s large army they were not able to beat the better equipped Japanese
In 1937, Beijing, the capital and other northern cities fell to Japan
The Japanese killed tens of thousands of captured soldiers and civilians
Chinese Communist guerrillas lead by Mao Zedong continued to fight
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Imperialism Spreads to Europe
The league was unable to stop Japan, so Italy and Germany decided to get in on the action
Mussolini Attacks Ethiopia Ethiopia was one of the last remaining free colonies in Africa
The Ethiopians had resisted Italy in the 1890’s Italy wanted revenge
Ethiopia appealed for help from the League, but the League did nothing
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Emperor Haile Selassie’s Appeal to the League“I ask the fifty-two nations, who have
given the Ethiopian people a promise to help them in their resistance to the aggressor, what are they willing to do for Ethiopia? And the great Powers who have promised the guarantee of collective security to small States on whom weighs the threat that they may one day suffer the fate of Ethiopia, I ask what measures do you intend to take?”
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Great-great grandfather
General Hailu Kebede
An Ethiopian resistance fighter who lost his life during Italy's second campaign against Ethiopia between 1935 and 1941
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Italian soldiers holding up my great-great grandfather’s head after he was captured and beheaded
After the beheading
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Head exposed for all to see on a pike in Seqota
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Imperialism Spreads to EuropeHitler defied Treaty of Versailles
Hitler decided they would no longer have a restricted military
The league condemned this Hitler entered the Rhineland, a buffer space in-between France and Germany and an industrial center
The French and British urged Germany to stop, giving them an appeasement
Hitler is not stopped and plans to take more land
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Alliances Begin Hitler and Mussolini join an alliance- Rome-Berlin Axis
A month later Japan, Germany and Italy become the Axis powers
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What the US was doing Democratic countries were overwhelmed with the depression and fear of another war
So, the US adopts a policy of isolation1935, Congress passed 3 Neutrality Acts, saying loans and arms cannot be given to nations at war
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What Germany didThe Third Reich Expands
On November 1937, Hitler announced he was going to add Austria and Czechoslovakia to the Third Reich or German Empire
Austrians support thisCzechoslovakians asked France to help protect a region of their land known as the Sudetenland
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Munich ConferenceTo try to avoid war a conference is held.
Germany, Italy, France and Britain all attend
They agreed to give into Hitler and give him Sudetenland , but Hitler had to promise to honor the new borders
6 months later… ◦Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia◦demanded the Poles give back the former German port, Dazing.
◦The Poles turn to Britain and France for help, both say they will guarantee Poland’s freedom.
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Nazis and Soviets Sign Nonaggression Pact
Britain and France asked the Soviet Union to join them in stopping Hitler
Stalin also talked to HitlerOn August 23, 1939, a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and the USSR
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The War BeginsAfter the Soviet Union agrees not
to attack Germany, Hitler takes his army and marches into Poland on September 3, 1939.
World War II has begun.
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Causes of World War II1. Aggression by totalitarian powers2. Nationalism3. The Treaty of Versailles4. Weakness of the League of Nations5. Tendencies towards isolationism and
pacifism in Europe and the US
On your paper, please rank these causes in the blanks provided. Using your knowledge, which do you think was the most influential? Why?