Transcript Aggressors Invade Nations

Aggressors Invade Nations
Japan Seeks an Empire
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Military leaders gained control after the
Depression
Wanted to restore traditional control of
the government
Made emperor the symbol of state
power
Solve economic problems through
expansion
Japan Invades Manchuria
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Area rich in iron and coal
Japanese army seized Manchuria and
set up a puppet government
Build mines and factories
Challenge to the League of Nations
Japan Invades China
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Full scale war
China’s army was no match
Beijing and Nanjing both fell
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Many retreated, Mao Zedong continued
to fight
European Aggressors on the
March
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Mussolini
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Invaded Ethiopia in 1935
Appeasement by the League
Hitler
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March 1935, vowed to disobey the Treaty
of Versailles
Appeasement over the Rhineland
Germany, Japan and Italy became allies
Civil War in Spain
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Many wanted a fascist takeover by
Francisco Franco
Hitler and Mussolini sent troops and
arms
Republican army was very weak in
comparison
Francisco Franco became Spain’s
Fascist Dictator
Preserving Peace
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United States
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Isolationist Policy
Neutrality Acts
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German Reich Expands
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Banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war
Third Reich
Annexed Austria
Hitler took the Sudetenland
Britain and France Choose Appeasement
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Gave into Hitler and Mussolini’s demands in
exchange for peace