1. WW II – Paths to World War II

2. The Path to Global War History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. Attributed to Samuel Clements (1835-1910) A (Remember this?)

3. Events September 8, 1926 Germany joins League of Nations August 27, 1928 Germany signs Kellogg-Briand Pact  Signatories promise not to use war to resolve disputes (Treaty still in force!)

4. Events September 8, 1926 Germany joins League of Nations August 27, 1928 Germany signs Kellogg-Briand Pact Hitler becomes chancellor (Election ‘32) January 30, 1933 October 19, 1933 Germany withdraws from League January 26, 1934 Germany signs 10 yr non-aggression pact with Poland August 2, 1934 President Hindenburg dies; Hitler declares himself Führer

5. Events March 16, 1935 Germany announces conscription, formation of new army units, navy ships and an air force German rearmament now out in the open! A direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles! Who does anything about it?

6. Events March 16, 1935 Germany announces conscription, formation of new army units, navy ships and an air force Germany occupies Rhineland, successfully challenging France MAGINOT LINE… March 7, 1936 Italy invades Ethiopia; League of Nations imposes economic sanctions October 3, 1935

7. Rhineland Re-occupied by Germany – March 7, 1936

8. Events October 25, 1936 Germany & Italy form Berlin-Rome Axis November 1936 Germany & Japan sign Anti-Comintern Pact  Attempt by Germany & Japan to isolate Soviet Union

9. Events October 25, 1936 Germany & Italy form Berlin-Rome Axis November 1936 Germany & Japan sign Anti-Comintern Pact Hitler renounces Versailles TreatyJanuary 17, 1937 July 7, 1937 Sino-Japanese War begins Hitler discusses secret plan for Lebensraum (“living space”) November 5, 1937 March 12, 1938Germany annexes Austria (Anschluss)

10. Events May 20, 1938 Czechoslovakia mobilizes over German pressure against Sudetenland

11. Events September 29, 1938 Munich Conference Peace In Our Time http://homepage.eircom.net/~finnegam/war/peace.htm Chamberlain, Léger, Hitler, Mussolini Britain France Germany Italy

12. Events September 30, 1938 Chamberlain: “Peace for our time” Peace For Our Time http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/uk/peace.html "My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."

13. Man of the Year - 1938 January 2, 1939 Baron Rudolph Charles von Ripper Click for source

14. Events October 1, 1938 Germany acquires Sedetenland March 10, 1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia

15. Hitler: Opportunist or Strategist? Why did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia?

16. Hitler: Eye on Russia

17. Hitler: Opportunist or Strategist? Why did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia? ⌃ else LA Times, March 18, 1938

18. Hitler: Opportunist or Strategist? Why did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia? BLITZKRIEG- Lightning War! ⌃ else Skoda Works -Pilsen, Czechoslovakia c 1938 Skoda T-21 Tank

19. Hitler’s Pre-War Expansion Germany occupies Rhineland, successfully challenging France March 7, 1936 Summary March 12, 1938Germany annexes Austria (Anschluss) Sept 29, 1938 Munich Conference Chamberlain: “Peace for our time” Sept 30, 1938 October 1, 1938 Germany acquires Sedetenland March 10, 1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia

20. Events August 23, 1939 Hitler negotiates non-aggression pact with Soviet Union (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) Holocaust Encyclopedia Germany invades Poland Russian invades Poland September 1, 1939 Two weeks later…

21. Events September 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany! September 27, 1940 Tripartite Pact is signed. (Germany / Italy / Japan) May 10, 1940Germany invades France. 1930’s US Neutrality Acts (No supplies / $) (Destroyer’s…) (Cash and Carry) (Lend Lease) Sept. 1939 – May 1940 PHONY WAR

22. Events September 27, 1940 Axis Tripartite Pact

23. Previously…. In the Western Pacific Japan had been at war in China since 1931

24. Japanese Expansion Empire of Japan - 1910 Conquest of Korea 1910

25. Second Sino-Japanese War Japan had been at war with China since 1931 1937 - 1945 Conquest of Manchuria September 1931

26. Second Sino-Japanese War Japan had been t war with China since 1931 1937 - 1945 Japanese Conquest 1937-1941

27. Nanking Massacre December 1937 “The Rape of Nanking” Over 300,000 people butchered

28. Japan’s Path to War Increase in Militarism in Japanese society US moves Pacific Fleet to Hawaii (May 1940) US embargos iron & steel exports to Japan (Sep 1940) Vichy government accedes to Japanese request for bases in southern Indochina (July 1941) US embargos shipments of oil to Japan (Jul 1941) Great East-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere declared (Aug 1940) Move into northern French Indochina (Sep 1940) Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis formed (Tripartite Pact, Sep 1940)

29. Events December 7, 1941 US Pacific Fleet attacked at Pearl Harbor

30. Japanese Decision to War "One can search military history in vain for an operation more fatal to the aggressor." Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. III, The Rising Sun in the Pacific To be continued …