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Drive for Empire ITALY Why? – Resented denial of territory in Versailles treaty – Rebuild a new “Holy Roman Empire” – Territory to create new empire Motivating factor: extreme nationalism EX: – (1935) invaded Ethiopia – (1939) invaded Albania
Drive for Empire JAPAN Why? – Natural resources – New markets – More territory for growing population Motivating factor: economics driven by nationalism EX: – Manchuria (1931) – China (1937) – “Rape of Nanking”
Drive for Empire GERMANY Why? – More living space for “master race” – Show regained military strength cut by Versailles Treaty Motivating factor: extreme nationalism EX: – Rhineland (1936) – Austria (1938) – Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia (1938) – Czechoslovakia (1938)