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When Japan invaded Manchuria that was what 1st ignited WW2 in 1931
Japanese forces swept into northern China -
Efforts to build a glorious Italian empire
Revenge for Italy's defeat in 1890
The League of Nations merely condemned the attack "Please Don't do that" -
They had a opportunity to stop Hitler
DMZ Zone
Strengthened Hitler's power & prestige
Encouraged Hitler to begin a programs of military & territorial expansion -
Alliance between Germany & Italy
Expected their alliance to become the axis around which Europe would rotate -
Hitler wanted the land because it inhabited by about 3 million German speaking people
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Germany need more land you know they needed more lebensraum
Hitler motivation for taking Austria was that he was born there -
Hitler promised that the Sudetenland was his last territorial claim
The Policy of Appeasement Chamberlain
Hitler soon broke the agreement -
Hitler & Mussolini sent weapons & troops to help Franco in Spain
Hitler wanted to test out his troops & military tactics -
It was a pledge not to attack each other
They privately divide Eastern Europe
Hitler wanted to avoid a two front war
Stalin needed time to rebuild his military -
Germany invaded Poland
It was a massive sudden attack
Britain and France declared war on Germany
