Marching Toward

War Again!

Japanese Arrogance and Aggression

The Manchurian

Incident

• Japan needs raw materials

• Mysterious explosion in the night (1931)

• Japan takes over Manchuria

Timeline

• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria

World’s Response To Aggression?

• League of Nations say “You’re bad Japan!”

• Japan just quits the League– League does nothing– demonstrates weakness of the League

• Stimson Doctrine – U. S. policy to not recognize any country taken over

by force– “Manchuria? No! We don’t recognize you!”

Italy’s Revenge

• 1935 Invade Ethiopia

• Guns v. Spears

• Haile Selassie - Ethiopian leader asks for help from the League of Nations– They do….NOTHING!

Timeline

• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria

• 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia

Marco Polo Bridge

• Beijing 1937– Japanese soldier missing– Japanese troops “practicing” in the area

• Begins Sino-Japanese War

• Rape of Nanjing (Dec. 1937)– One of the worst massacres of the 20th century

Timeline

• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria

• 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia

• 1937 Japan enters mainland China

Spanish Civil War (1937)

• Rome - Berlin Axis created

• Support General Franco (fascist)

• Test out new weapons

• Guernica (1937)

Hitler and Franco

Picasso painting of the atrocities of Guernica

Timeline

• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria

• 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia

• 1937 Japan enters mainland China

• 1937 Spanish Civil War

World’s Response?

They do….NOTHING!!!!

1933 Germany Rearms

Timeline

• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria

• 1933 Germany rearms

• 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia

• 1937 Japan enters mainland China

• 1937 Spanish Civil War

World’s Response?

They do….NOTHING!!!!

(1936) Troops enter the Rhineland

Timeline

• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria

• 1933 Germany rearms

• 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia

• 1936 Germany takes the Rhineland

• 1937 Japan enters mainland China

• 1937 Spanish Civil War

World’s Response?

They do….NOTHING!!!!

Anschluss (Union) with Austria (1938)

• Hitler to Austrian President… “Join or die!”

• Chooses not to die, Austria annexed by Germany

Timeline• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria

• 1933 Germany rearms

• 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia

• 1936 Germany takes the Rhineland

• 1937 Japan enters mainland China

• 1937 Spanish Civil War

• 1938 Germany takes Austria

World’s Response?

They do….NOTHING!!!!

Munich Crisis (1938)

• Hitler focused on Sudetenland

• “German’s in trouble and need support”

• Britain Prime Minister (Chamberlain) flies to Munich to meet with Hitler

World’s Response?

• Appeasement: giving in to the demands of another to avoid war.

• Neville Chamberlain: British Prime Minister who followed the policy of appeasement to avoid war with Germany

Chamberlain: “Please stop Adolf!”

Hitler: “After Sudentenland, I promise. I swear. Really. No

more invasions.”

– Chamberlain: “Yeah! Peace in our time. Thanks Hitler! Your swell!”

Timeline• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria• 1933 Germany rearms• 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia• 1936 Germany takes the Rhineland• 1937 Japan enters mainland China• 1937 Spanish Civil War• 1938 Germany takes Austria• 1938 Germany takes the Sudetenland

1939 Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia

Timeline• 1931 Japan invades Manchuria• 1933 Germany rearms• 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia• 1936 Germany takes the Rhineland• 1937 Japan enters mainland China• 1937 Spanish Civil War• 1938 Germany takes Austria• 1938 Germany takes the Sudetenland• 1939 Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia

The Non-Aggression Pact

• Hitler (Germany) and Stalin (USSR)• Agree to not fight if Hitler invades Poland

and war breaks out in Europe• What does each side get?

– Germany doesn’t have to fight a 2 sided war– USSR gets half of Poland for doing nothing

Will the deal last???

World War II

• September 1st Hitler / Germany invade Poland

• September 3rd Great Britain declares war on Germany

• It’s on!!!