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Invasion Of Manchuria
When Japan invaded Manchuria that was what 1st ignited WW2 in 1931
Japanese forces swept into northern China -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Efforts to build a glorious Italian empire
Revenge for Italy's defeat in 1890
The League of Nations merely condemned the attack "Please Don't do that" -
Invasion of the Rhineland
They had a opportunity to stop Hitler
DMZ Zone
Strengthened Hitler's power & prestige
Encouraged Hitler to begin a programs of military & territorial expansion -
Rome Berlin Axis
Alliance between Germany & Italy
Expected their alliance to become the axis around which Europe would rotate -
Sudetenland
Hitler wanted the land because it inhabited by about 3 million German speaking people -
Annexation of Austria
Germany need more land you know they needed more lebensraum
Hitler motivation for taking Austria was that he was born there -
Munich Agreement
Hitler promised that the Sudetenland was his last territorial claim
The Policy of Appeasement Chamberlain
Hitler soon broke the agreement -
Spanish Civil War
Hitler & Mussolini sent weapons & troops to help Franco in Spain
Hitler wanted to test out his troops & military tactics -
The Nazi Soviet Non Aggression Pact
It was a pledge not to attack each other
They privately divide Eastern Europe
Hitler wanted to avoid a two front war
Stalin needed time to rebuild his military -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland
It was a massive sudden attack
Britain and France declared war on Germany
