Pre WW2 Agression Flashcards
What did the League of Nations do about Italy expanding into other countries?
condemned these invasions but did nothing to stop Mussolini
Where did Italy expand to?
Italy expanded into Africa
Ethiopia, Libya, and Somalia were under Italian control by 1936
What did Germany announce in 1935
hitler announced that Germany would no longer obey the treaty of Versailles and would rebuild the military
What was one of the results when Germany stopped following the Treaty of Versailles
Germany invaded the demilitarized zone in Rhineland (border of Germany and France)
What did the League of Nations do about hitlers disobedience to the treaty of Versailles
Nothing (epically France and Great Britain)
What was the Anschluss
annexation of Austria into the German empire (Reich), march 1938
What did Germany do to the Sudetenland land in 1938
Annexation of the sudentland from Czechoslovakia September 1938
What is appeasement
when you keep letting someone do something in hopes that they stop
What is the Japanese manifest destiny?
Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere- theory that Japan’s manifest destiny was to drive out all western colonial powers from Asia and to dominate Asia and the pacific (territorial expansion to Gavin living space and natural resources)
What happened to Manchuria China
Invaded by the Japanese military (without consent of the government) in 1931
What did the invasion of Manchuria cause
Created a “puppet state”
Violated the open door policy
League of Nations condemned the invasion but was unable to step in to defend Manchuria because it did not have enforcement power
What is a puppet state
(one that had previously been independent that was now dominated by another nation)
