The Interwar Years

By Rae_25
  • The Creation of the League of Nations

    The Creation of the League of Nations
    Founded after World War I. 42 countries were involved to create this because many people thought that a world organization could keep peace.
  • The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

    The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
    The USA couldn't import as much any more and Japan wanted to gain more natural resources and control.
  • Hitler's Program of Rearmament

    Hitler was responding to the refusal of the European powers to disarm.
  • The Invasion of Abyssinia

    The Invasion of Abyssinia
    Italy joined in the "Scramble for Africa" and lost 6000 men to Abyssinia so Italy wanted revenge to take over
  • The Reoccupation of the Rhineland

    Hitler argued that Germany needed a place to use for defence and got 32000 armed troops into Rhineland to take it over.
  • The Spanish Civil War

    The Spanish Civil War
    A lot of people wanted to stop others from being fascism. The government was corrupt and people didn't want to deal with it any more
  • Anschluss with Austria

    German speaking people wanted to unite with the new German Republic but were not allowed.
  • The Munich Conference

    The Munich Conference
    Hitler wanted to seize the Sudeten because it had important resources.
  • The Invasion of the Rest of Czechoslovakia by Germany

    Hitler wanted more control using Czecholslovakia and others wanted more defense so they attacked Czechoslovakia as well.
  • The Invasion of Poland

    The Invasion of Poland
    Germany invaded Poland/ Britain and France declared war on Germany and decided to go through Poland to suprise Germany.
  • The Nazi-Soviet Pact

    The Nazi-Soviet Pact
    At the start of World War II Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union made a deal to not attack each other and to instead gang up on everywhere else.