1. Timeline of Aggression 1931-1939 Japan, Italy, & Germany

3. 1931 – Japan Invades Manchuria The West’s Response League of Nations members vigorously protested. League condemned Japanese aggression, but it had no power to enforce its decisions. Japan ignored the protests and withdrew from the League in 1933.

5. October 1935 – Mussolini attacks Ethiopia The West’s Response The League condemned the attacks but did nothing.

6. March 1935 – Hitler begins rearming The West’s Response The League did nothing.

8. March 1936 – German troops reoccupy Rhineland The West’s Response French and British choose appeasement.

9. 1937 – Japan Invades China The West’s Response International community condemns the invasion but does nothing in response. You Tube

11. 1936-1939 – Spanish Civil War The West’s Response The west declares neutrality in the conflict. Italy and Germany support fascists and the Soviet Union supports the Republicans. Fascists win.

13. March 1938 – Hitler Annexes Austria The West’s Response Britain and France ignore their pledge to protect Austrian independence. Known as Anschluss.

15. September 1938 – Hitler Demands Sudetenland The West’s Response Agree to Munich Conference suggested by Mussolini. Give in to Hitler’s demand to preserve peace. You Tube

17. March 1939 – Hitler Takes Czechoslovakia The West’s Response West chooses appeasement, though this defied the idea of self-determination put forth earlier regarding Anschluss and Sudetenland.

19. April 1939 – Mussolini Takes Albania The West’s Response League condemnation.

21. August 1939 – Hitler Demands Danzig and Polish Corridor The West’s Response Britain and France declare that they will guarantee Polish independence.

24. This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man!