1. Treaty of Versailles- ended WWI, countries made from WWI (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia), signing in the hall of mirrors, took a lot of land away from Germany, their army was reduced to 100,000 men, was not allowed to have tanks, only allowed 6 capital naval ships, no submarines, not allowed an air force, had to pay 33 billion dollars, was not allowed to unite with Austria to form a superstate, Germany's economy was crushed, Germany had to take full responsibility for starting the war, League of Nations was set up to keep world peace, Nation wide campaign to join the League but it was voted down
2. Peace attempts of the 1920's/30's- League of Nations (a bunch of countries go together, main purpose was to keep world peace, failed when WWII broke out) Washington Conference (everyone agreed to reduce their naval size, U.S., Japan,China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, & Portugal - Soviet Union was not invited) Kellogg-Briand Pact (63 countries signed it, give up war, unless self defense was needed)
3. Germany's(Hitler's) defiance of the Treaty of Versailles and conquests prior to the invasion of Poland, 1933-1939- Sent military into Rhineland, thought it was his country so he could do what he wants, withdrew from League of Nations, starts to rebuild his army (get more people and ships than allotted), want to take back their land where people spoke German, they invade Poland which starts WWII
4. Italy's(Mussolini's) conquests of the 1930's- joined the army, became leader in 1929, ruled as prime minister, sided with Hitler so he would help him out when losing the war, dropped out of League of Nations in 1935, took over Ethiopia and Austria for revenge and resources
5. Japanese conquests prior to Pearl Harbor- https://docs.google.com/a/hcsdcyclones.com/document/d/1BGLBw06CpUAvlRoYP18nu2VsGCysvveBYx1F3548P5k/edit
6. US attempts of neutrality in the 1930's and early 1940's- many Neutrality acts, first one was signed by congress in 1935, no military trading purposes to country at war, 1936- no giving loans because they won't pay us back, cash and carry- had to pay for stuff up front and take it back with you so our ships don't get sunk
The whole PP-
http://www.slideshare.net/mrbruns/wwii-2-32126070 (long)
http://www.slideshare.net/mrbruns/the-road-to-wwii-32287263 (short)
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