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World War II: Prelude to Conflict

Explore the chaotic events leading to World War II, from the failures of the League of Nations to the rise of fascist powers and devastating conflicts like the Spanish Civil War. Witness the historical milestones and critical decisions that laid the foundation for the global conflict that would unfold.

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World War II: Prelude to Conflict

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  1. World War II By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, NY

  2. The Road to War: 1919-1939

  3. The Versailles Treaty

  4. A Weak League of Nations

  5. The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations • No control of major conflicts. • No progress in disarmament. • No effective military force.

  6. The “Stab-In-The-Back” Theory German soldiers are dissatisfied.

  7. Decadence of the Weimar Republic

  8. France – False Sense of Security? The MaginotLine

  9. International Agreements • Locarno Pact – 1925 • France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy • Guarantee existing frontiers • Establish DMZ 30 miles deep on East bank of Rhine River • Refrain from aggression against each other • Kellog-Briand Pact – 1928 • Makes war illegal as a tool of diplomacy • No enforcement provisions

  10. The Great Depression

  11. The Manchurian Crisis, 1931

  12. Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931

  13. Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935 Emperor Haile Selassie

  14. Germany Invades the RhinelandMarch 7, 1936

  15. U. S. Neutrality Acts:1934, 1935, 1937, 1939

  16. America-First Committee Charles Lindbergh

  17. The Austrian Anschluss, 1936

  18. The Spanish Civil War:1936 - 1939 The National Front[Nationalists] The Popular Front[Republicans] • Anarcho-Syndicalists. • Basques. • Catalans. • Communists. • Marxists. • Republicans. • Socialists. • Carlists [ultra-Catholic monarchists]. • Catholic Church. • Falange [fascist] Party. • Monarchists.

  19. The Spanish Civil War:1936 - 1939

  20. The Spanish Civil War

  21. The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939 The American “Lincoln Brigade”

  22. The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939 Francisco Franco

  23. The Spanish Civil War:A Dress Rehearsal for WW II? Italian troops in Madrid

  24. “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso

  25. The Japanese Invasionof China, 1937

  26. The “Problem” of theSudetenland

  27. Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with.

  28. Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939

  29. Rome-Berlin Axis, 1939 The “Pact of Steel”

  30. The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939 Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop & Molotov

  31. The War Begins!

  32. Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939 Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]

  33. German Troops March into Warsaw

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