Chapter 14.1
From Appeasement to War
Aggression Goes Unchecked p460
• Mussolini, Hitler, Japan aggressive• 1. Japan invades Manchuria and
China• League of Nations condemned but
no action
• 2. Italy invades Ethiopia• League of Nations condemns but no
action• 3. Hitler goes against Treaty of
Versailles• Built up military,• No action • Policy of appeasement
Checking for Understanding??
• What were the three countries that were militarily aggressive?
• What did Western democracies do ?
Keeping the Peace
• Why?• France –weak• England-too harsh on Germany• Both fear of Soviet Communism• *Pacifism-avoid war• *Appeasement-giving into demands
• Neutrality acts-US forbade selling arms to countries at war• Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis• Axis Powers• Goals-fight Soviet Communism and
allow territorial expansion
Spain Collapses Into Civil War
• Liberals vs. Conservatives• Francisco Franco- Fascist Nationalist
vs. Communist Loyalists• Axis backs Franco vs. Soviets back
Communists• 500,000 dead
• Battle of Guernica-Fascist Nazi help Franco committing atrocities• Franco dictator 1939
German Aggression Continues
• 1. Austria annexed (added to) by Germany• Anschluss-union of Austria and
Germany• Western Powers-no action
• 2. The Czech Crisis• Germany annexes the Sudetenland-
an area in western Czechoslavakia • Western Powers-no action and
request conference with Germany
Munich Conference
• France, Britain, and Germany • Agree to-• Germany gets Sudetenland• France and Britain get promise from
Germany that Hitler will stop aggression
“Peace in Our Time”
• Neville Chamberlin-Britain returns to England with “Peace for our Time” and is celebrated• Winston Churchill- They had to
choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor; they will have war
Europe Plunges Toward War
• Germany breaks promise 1939• Nazi- Soviet Pact- nonaggression pact
Hitler and Stalin• Both agree to share Poland and
Eastern Europe• Mistrust and fear
WWII Starts
• Invasion of Poland • Sept 1, 1939 by Germany• Britain and France declare war
“From Appeasement to War”