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The Creation of the League of Nations
Founded after World War I. 42 countries were involved to create this because many people thought that a world organization could keep peace. -
The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
The USA couldn't import as much any more and Japan wanted to gain more natural resources and control. -
Hitler's Program of Rearmament
Hitler was responding to the refusal of the European powers to disarm. -
The Invasion of Abyssinia
Italy joined in the "Scramble for Africa" and lost 6000 men to Abyssinia so Italy wanted revenge to take over -
The Reoccupation of the Rhineland
Hitler argued that Germany needed a place to use for defence and got 32000 armed troops into Rhineland to take it over. -
The Spanish Civil War
A lot of people wanted to stop others from being fascism. The government was corrupt and people didn't want to deal with it any more -
Anschluss with Austria
German speaking people wanted to unite with the new German Republic but were not allowed. -
The Munich Conference
Hitler wanted to seize the Sudeten because it had important resources. -
The Invasion of the Rest of Czechoslovakia by Germany
Hitler wanted more control using Czecholslovakia and others wanted more defense so they attacked Czechoslovakia as well. -
The Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland/ Britain and France declared war on Germany and decided to go through Poland to suprise Germany. -
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
At the start of World War II Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union made a deal to not attack each other and to instead gang up on everywhere else.