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Causes of WWII
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Causes of WWII
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Causes of WWII
Expansion
Colonies
Pacific War
Aggressive foreign policy
Failure of collective security
Aggressive Nationalism
Italy
The Spanish Civil War led to a closer relationship between the German and Italian dictators
Germany
Japan
Rise of Fascism/Militarism
Japan
Militarism refers to the accepting belief in which military (army or navy) should get full power of the country.
Hideki Tojo – General that controlled all aspects of Japans society
Italy
Mussolini seized power, taking advantage of high unemployment, inflation and a middle-class fear of Communism
Germany
Calling himself “Der Fuhrer” (the leader) he promised to return Germany to its old glory
Failure of appeasement
Economic Instability
The Great Depression 1929
Dawes Plan
Turns into political crisis
War Debts
Umemployment
People moved to more rightist idelolgies
Ideology
Germany
Idea of living space
Hitler believed that for Germany to thrive it needed more land at the expense of her neighbors
Failure of League of Nations
Failure of collective security
Manchurian Crisis
Reveals league's weakness
Abyssinian Crisis
Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
Appeasement - meeting a dictator’s demands in order to avoid another major war.
Munich Conference
Munch Agreement Sept. 1938
turned over the Sudetenland to Germany
The Non-agression Pact
Signed August 1939
Agreement between Hitler and Stalin
Nonaggression Pact- stated that if either country became involved in war, the other would remain neutral.
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