Acts of AggressionActs of Aggression

Violence leads to War!Violence leads to War!

Why expand?Why expand?

Build their empireBuild their empire

LebensraumLebensraum

Natural resourcesNatural resources

Weakness of the League of NationsWeakness of the League of Nations

US refusal to joinUS refusal to join

No army or power to enforce decisionsNo army or power to enforce decisions

GermanyGermany

Goals: Defiance towards treaty of Goals: Defiance towards treaty of Versailles and LebensraumVersailles and Lebensraum Rebuild economyRebuild economy Enlarge army, navy, and air forceEnlarge army, navy, and air force 1936 – annexes the Rhineland1936 – annexes the Rhineland 1938 – annexes Austria (Anschluss)1938 – annexes Austria (Anschluss) 1938 – invades the Sudetenland1938 – invades the Sudetenland

ItalyItaly

Invades EthiopiaInvades Ethiopia

JapanJapan

1931 – Attacks Manchuria1931 – Attacks Manchuria

1937 – Invades China1937 – Invades China

1941 – Took SE Asia1941 – Took SE Asia Why? Space and natural resourcesWhy? Space and natural resources

Aggression goes uncheckedAggression goes unchecked

Munich ConferenceMunich Conference Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and USGreat Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and US Appeasement – Policy of giving into someone’s Appeasement – Policy of giving into someone’s

demands in order to maintain peacedemands in order to maintain peace Why appease?Why appease?

WWIWWI

Soviet Union was a greater threat than Soviet Union was a greater threat than

GermanyGermany

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Effects of AppeasementEffects of Appeasement

March 1939 – Invades rest of March 1939 – Invades rest of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

Sept. 1, 1939 – Invasion of PolandSept. 1, 1939 – Invasion of Poland

START OF WWIISTART OF WWII