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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
Japan was becoming overpopulated and Manchuria was their solution. Manchuria offered a lot of land which would help with the overpopulating. There was an explosion on the South Manchuria Railway to give the army an excuse to blame the locals. The results of this was Japan leaving Manchuria, Manchuria became a semi-independent country, and the League became more concerned with the territories. https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/causes-of-ww2/manchuria-1931/ -
Germany and Rearmament
Hitler broke the unjust terms of the Treaty of Versailles. There was nothing that said Germany couldn't train submarine crews abroad or pilots couldn't train on civilian planes. Germany since the French didn't accept Hitler’s plan. The Germans expanded secretly. Britain, France, and Italy formed a protest against Hitler’s rearmament policy. The Anglo-German Naval Agreement was signed in 1935. https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/causes-of-ww2/germany-and-rearmament/ -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini adapted Hitler’s plans to expand German territories by taking all territories it considered Germany. Italy invaded Ethiopia because they wanted to boost Italian national prestige and because of the incident at Wal-Wal Oasis. The effects of this event was providing land for unemployed Italians and also getting more mineral resources to come up from the Great Depression. http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/ww2-italy-invades-ethiopia -
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Spanish Civil War
Francisco Franco gathered a group to go against the government. The republicans fought against the conservative group led by Francisco Franco. The war happened because of the political climate and the time. The nationalists won and Franco ruled over Spain. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out -
Anschluss
Hitler announces the union between Germany and Austria. Austrian Chancellor Kurt compromised to put more Nazis in Austria. He made the police to free all Nazis in jail. The Austrian president, Wilhelm Miklas, rejected the pro-Nazi chancellor. German foreign minister faked a crisis which resulted German troops marching into Austria and Hitler announced the anschluss. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-announces-an-anschluss-with-austria -
Invasion of Poland
Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with Poland. He only signed it so he can neutralize the possibility of an alliance between the French and Poland against Germany. There were limits to the German demands in Europe. Germany invaded Poland. The Polish were defeated. More than 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes broke through the Polish borders. Soviet Union had a war with Germany. Germany annexed former Polish territories. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 -
Czechoslovakia
Hitler invaded and occupied Czechoslovakia. Hitler, Mussolini, the french, and the british signed the Munich Pact. This allowed Czechoslovakia to be handed over to Germany. Czech’s government was trying to offer anything for Hitler to not put them in danger. Hitler met the Czech’s president and threatened to bomb them unless they gave him the Hacha free passage for German troops into Czech borders, he got it. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-take-czechoslovakia
