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Kellogg-Briand Pact
Agreement signed by the United States, France, the United Kingdom,and Italy. All countries agreed that settlement of all conflicts, no matter of what origin or nature, that might arise among them should be sought only by pacific means and that war was to be renounced as an instrument of national policy. -
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The 1930's: A Decade of Aggression
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Second Spanish Republic created
Nationalism = An attempt to build a modern Spain. -
Japanese takes control over Manchuria
Japanese Empire wanted to gain control over the whole province of Manchuria, in order to eventually control all of East Asia. -
Japan is controlled by military leaders
Dominate the political and social life of the nation, and that the strength of the military is equal to the strength of a nation. -
Hitler makes Anti-Jewish Legislation
Example: The first major law to curtail the rights of Jewish citizens was the "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service" of April 7, 1933, according to which Jewish and "politically unreliable" civil servants and employees were to be excluded from state service. Led to the Nuremberg Laws in September 1935, which deprived German Jews of civil rights. -
Mussolini invades Ethiopia
Mussolini, who was the leader of Italy, had his eye set on annexing Ethiopia into Italy’s newly created colony of East Africa. The Italian military was successful in occupying Ethiopia. -
Germans invade Rhineland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
Ethopia becomes apart of Italain Empire
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Spanish Civil War begins
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Axis Power Formed
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Austria becomes apart of Third Reich (Nazi Germany)
Although the Allies were committed to upholding the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which specifically prohibited the union of Austria and the German Empire, their reaction was only verbal and moderate. No military confrontation took place and even the strongest voices against the annexation remained at peace. -
Munich Conference
Allowed the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. -
Germany controls Czechoslovakia
Germany began to annex Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. -
Nationalists win Spanish Civil War
Nationalists allied with Germany and Italy -
Italy invades Albania
The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. On April 15, 1939, Albania withdrew from the League of Nations, from which Italy had resigned in 1937. Italy took over Albania and placed the Albanian military under Italian command and formally merged into the Italian Army in 1940. -
Japanese control 1/4 of China
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The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Since fighting a two front war in World War I had split Germany's forces, it had weakened their military so Hitler was determined not to repeat the same mistakes. So, he planned ahead and made a pact with the Soviets - the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. The pact was supposed to last for ten years; it lasted for less than two. The Nazis and the Soviets kept the terms of the pact until Germany's surprise attack and invasion of SU in June 1941. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. After winning their battle, Germany directly annexed western Poland. -
USSR invades Eastern Poland
Sixteen days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west, the Soviet Union did so from the east. USSR gains control of Eastern Poland.
