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The Coming of War

By tthomas

  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act
    act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service

  • Invasion of Ethiopia

    Invasion of Ethiopia
    Mussolini successfully invaded Ethiopia. When he spoke at a victory rally in front of 400,000 spectators in Rome’s Piazza Venetia, he proclaimed that the Ethiopian invasion marked the beginning of an Italian Empire and the rebirth of Roman glory. The Italian people cheered in support of their leader, Il Duce, since he had established a government in Ethiopia while successfully bypassing the League of Nations’ sanctions. However, the invasion of Ethiopia was not all glory and success. This milita

  • Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War
    Nationalists forces led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the democratic Republican government of Spain

  • Munich Pact

    Munich Pact
    The Munich Pact was an agreement permitting Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along borders of Czechoslovakia, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia. It was an act of appeasement. The agreement was signed in the early hours of 30 September 1938 (but dated 29 September). The purpose of the conference was to dis

  • Neutrality Act

    Neutrality Act
    Early in 1939, after Nazi Germany had invaded Czechoslovakia, Roosevelt lobbied Congress to have the cash and carry provision renewed. He was rebuffed, the provision lapsed, and the mandatory arms embargo remained in place. In September, after Germany had invaded Poland and Great Britain and France had subsequently declared war on Germany, Roosevelt invoked the provisions of the Neutrality Act but came before Congress and lamented that the Neutrality Acts may give passive aid to an aggressor.[6]

  • Tripartite Pact

    Tripartite Pact
    The Tripartite Pact, also called the Three-Power Pact, Axis Pact, Three-way Pact or Tripartite Treaty was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27, 1940, which established the Axis Powers of World War II. The pact was signed by representatives of Germany (Adolf Hitler), Italy (foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano) and Japan (ambassador Saburo Kurusu).