Transcript Chapter 17 WWII The Aggression Begins

Chapter 17 WWII The
Aggression Begins
Chapter 17 WWII The Aggression
Begins
Fascism- Political philosophy that places
importance of the nation over that of the
individual
1. Rulers should have total power
2. People are by nature bad, and need
to be ruled with an iron fist.
3. The individual is less important than
the state.
4. *** Racism in Hitler’s case
The cover picture
featured Hitler playing
"his hymn of hate in a
desecrated cathedral
while victims dangle
on a St. Catherine's
wheel and the Nazi
hierarchy looks on."
Hirohito / Emperor Shōwa
Isoroku Yamamoto was the
commander-in-chief of Japanese
Forces during World War II,
Chapter 17 WWII The Aggression
Begins
I Japan Attacks Manchuria
A. 1931
B. Why? For oil. (They had a shortage because of
Geography, and a depression made it hard to
import.)
C. US response  Stimson Doctrine- US
denounced the attack, and would not
recognize these territorial gains.
D. Stimson Doctrine had no effect and Japan set up
a Puppet State.
E. Japan then left the League of Nations and built
up their navy.
Manchurian Incident
• September 18, 1931, Manchurian
Incident, occurred in southern Manchuria
when a section of railroad, owned by
Japan's South Manchuria Railway, near
Mukden (today's Shenyang) was
dynamited by Japanese junior officers.
Imperial Japan's military accused Chinese
dissidents of the act, thus providing a
excuse for the Japanese occupation of
Manchuria
JAPANESE CONQUEST OF MANCHURIA 1931-1932
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II Italy November 8, 1935
Italy Attacks Ethiopia
A. Why? Italy wanted to restore the
glory of the Roman Empire
B. Battle was very lopsided
C. League of Nations could not decide
on action
The Italian empire in 1940
Italian troops
fortify a
position
in Ethiopia on
November 8,
1935
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III Germany
A. Hitler Arms the Rhineland
B. 1933 soon after Hitler gained power he
pulled Germany out of the League of
Nations & secretly began to build up its
armed forces.
C. 1935 announced to the world that
Germany would rearm.
D. 1936 sent troops into the Rhineland
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