1. From Appeasement to War
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3. During the 1930s, Western nations followed a disastrous policy of Appeasement : Giving in to an aggressor in order to avoid war

4. A. Japan tries to create Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
invasion of Manchuria
invasion of China
3.Mao and Chaing Kai-Shek fight back
4. U.S. boycott on oil imports

7. B. Italian Aggression
1. Mussolini sought to recreate the Roman Empire
invasion of Ethiopia
3. Economic sanctions by League of Nations are of little help

11. C. 1936 militarization of the Rhineland
1. Hitler marches troops into border area in direct defiance of Versailles Treaty
Axis Treaty between Germany and Italy

16. D. Spanish Civil War
1. Prelude to WW II
2 .Nationalist vs. Republicans
3.Phalange- Spanish Fascists led by Francisco Franco

18. 4.Mussolini and Hitler send troops and weapons to help Franco
5. Western democracies fear socialists in Republican forces-send nothing
6. Bombing of Gernika
7. Fascists win-Spain devastated

21. E. German Aggression
Hitler expands German power with no direct military confrontation
Allies engage in Appeasement tactics,

22. 1. Austrian president Dolfuss assassinated 2. Austria annexed
F. March 1938 Anschluss
1. Austrian president Dolfuss assassinated 2. Austria annexed

23. G. Czechoslovakia
1. Hitler demands Sudetenland September 1938
2.Munich Agreement
France and Great Britain appease Hitler by giving up 1/3 of Czech. in exchange for peace

26. March 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovaia

27. H. Coming of War
German/ Soviet non-aggression pact- to avoid a two-front war
3. September 1939 invasion of Poland 4.Britain and France declare war-Beginning of World War II

31. I. September 1939 1. September 1939 invasion of Poland
2.Britain and France declare war-Beginning of World War II