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Aggressors on the March

Aggressors on the March. Final Years before WWII. Japan’s Democracy. Japan’s gov. had little control over the military When the Great Depression hit the government was blamed and military leaders took control of the nation

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Aggressors on the March

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  1. Aggressors on the March Final Years before WWII

  2. Japan’s Democracy • Japan’s gov. had little control over the military • When the Great Depression hit the government was blamed and military leaders took control of the nation • Unlike other totalitarian leaders (Stalin, Hitler or Mussolini), the Japanese did not want a new system of government; instead they wanted control to go back into the hands of the Emperor

  3. QW • In what ways might an emperor be better than a totalitarian like Hitler, Mussolini or Stalin. • 2 Minutes

  4. Like other Totalitarian systems. . . • Ultra-Nationalistic • Militaristic • Wanted to conquer neighbors (China) to end economic crisis • Wanted room for the Japanese people at the expense of others

  5. Invasion of Manchuria (China’s Northeastern Province) • Rich in Coal and Iron • 1931: Japan’s military occupied the province and set up a “puppet government” • 1933: Japan withdraws from the League of Nations

  6. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: Who invaded Manchuria in 1931?

  7. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: What organization did Japan withdraw fro...

  8. Japan invades China • On the border of Manchuria and China, shots are fired between the Japanese Army and the “Chinese” Army (it was faked by the Japanese Army to start the war) • In less than 6 months Beijing and Nanking are captured by Japan • In the Rape of Nanking 300,000 to 600,000 civilians were killed by the Japanese Army for fun

  9. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: In less than 6 months the Japanese had c...

  10. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: In the "rape" of this city the Japanese ...

  11. QW • Why do you think people are driven to commit atrocities during wartime? • 2 minutes

  12. Mussolini attacks Ethiopia • Why? Revenge for Italy’s loss in 1889 and to build an empire • Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, asks League of Nations for help • League does next to nothing, Selassie warns “It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”

  13. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: What country invaded Etheiopia prior to...

  14. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: What does the League of Nations do in re...

  15. Civil War in Spain • Nationalists (Fascists) under General Francisco Franco rebel against the Republicans (Liberals and Socialists) • Germany and Italy send airplanes and soldiers to help Franco and test new weapons. • Only the Soviet Union sends equipment and advisors. • Franco wins. Rules until 1975.

  16. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: Fascist revolutionary in Spain...

  17. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: Who supports Franco's opposition?

  18. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: Who sends aid to Franco?

  19. Hitler Defies Versailles Treaty • 1935 announces that Germany is rebuilding Armed Forces • 1936 German Troops occupy the Rhineland • Scared of starting a world war, France does nothing • 1936, Hitler, Mussolini and Japan form an alliance called the Axis

  20. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: Who defies the treaty of Versailles?

  21. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: Germany, Italy and Japan are called the....

  22. Hitler creates a Greater Germany (the Third Reich) • 1938, Anschluss • The Nazi’s occupy Austria • 1938, Hitler demands that Czechoslovakia give up the Sudetenland • Czechs refuse and ask their ally France for help

  23. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: The Nazi occupation of Austria was calle...

  24. Appeasement and the Munich Conference • Britain, France, Italy and Germany met in Munich to decide the fate of Czechoslovakia at the Munich Conference • British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain • Appeasement - believed that by giving in to Hitler world war would be avoided • Hitler promises to be satisfied with the Sudetenland • In less than six months Hitler occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia

  25. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: Britain, France, Italy and Germany met i...

  26. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: Giving in to Hitler to avoid war was cal...

  27. United States Isolates itself from the World • Many in the US argued that it was a mistake to enter WWI. • Passed 3 Neutrality Acts that banned loaning or selling weapons to nations at war

  28. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Poll: What acts banned sales of military equip...

  29. QW • How might history have turned out different if the US had become involved in WWII sooner? • 2 Minutes

  30. Poland… • Hitler, encouraged by all his success without war, eyes Poland as his next conquest…

  31. Nazis and Soviets at Peace???? • In August 1939, Hitler and Stalin sign a public nonaggression pact. Secretly: • Poland is divided between the two. • Germany gives USSR plans for naval vessels, subs, airplane engines • USSR will supply Germany with many raw goods

  32. QW • What did the Nazi’s and Soviets have in common that drove them to a non-aggression pact?

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