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Mein Kampf
Hitler wrote this book called my struggle while in prison. It talks about how the Jews were to blame for everything that was going wrong with the world and what he was going to do about it. This led to war because it made many believe that Jews were the cause of everything bad. -
Stock Market Crash
The Federal Reserve Bank tried to slow speculation by tightening available credit. Also the brokers demanded their money back immediately which led to people taking out their shares from the stock market. This led to war because it made Germany weak and Therefore Hitler could come to power and take over -
The Great Depression
After the stock market crash many citizens lost their life savings and were too poor to buy anything. This led to war because it allowed Hitler to take of Germany -
Japanese Expansion
[1931-1941] Japan invades China and this angered the United States -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japanese officers blew up a railroad train in the Chinese province of Manchuria. This led to war because Japan made it look like a plot from China which gave them a reason to attack China -
Hitler comes to power
Hitler was invited to be chancellor in January 1933 and he accepted. This led to war because he soon started enforcing laws against Jews and other "inferior" people. -
Enabling Act
This act suspended constitutional government for four years in order to meet the crisis in the German economy. This led to war because it allowed Hitler to make laws without parliamentary approval -
Nuremberg Laws
This law deprived Jewish Germans of their citizenship and imposed many other hardships on them. This led to war because Many non Aryan people were getting angry and oppressed and this led to the Holocaust. -
The Ethiopian War
[1935-1936] This was when Mussolini invaded Ethiopia to show the world of his regime's youth and vigor and to raise Italy's standing in the world. This led to war because it helped Hitler remilitarize the Rhineland -
Spanish Civil War
Led by Francisco Franco the rebels staged an uprising against the republican government in Madrid. This led to war because Spain became a training ground for WWII. Mussolini and Hitler sent troops in support of Franco -
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
Hitler defiantly sent his troops into what was supposed to be a permanently demilitarized zone. This led to war because it angered the French -
"Rape of Nanjing"
Japan attacked China and hundreds of thousands of Chinese were massacred in the "Rape of Nanjing". This led to war because President Roosevelt issued an embargo on U.S. exports to Japan -
Anschluss
This was the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. This led to war because Austria wanted to remain independent -
Appeasement
[1938-1939] This was the strategy of preventing a war by making consessions for legitimate grievances. This led to war because Britain and France helped other smaller countries if Hitler invaded them. Mussolini and Hitler signed the Pact of Steel of mutual support -
Munich Conference
Hitler and Stalin signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact that said they would not attack each other but secretly they would divide up Poland and the Baltics. This led to war because Poland was mad that they're gone now and the contest for territory and resources led to war.
