good neighbor policy
an attempt to fix things with south america
1936-Ethiopia invaded by mussolini
not controlled at the time
italy lost to ethiopia which was a huge embarassment in 1896
one of the worst conlonial disasters if modern history
Feb. 23, 1935 italy sends large forces into ethiopia
oct. 7, 1935 league declared italy aggressor and asked countries to restrict trade with italy- everything but oil
may 5 italy annexed (took over and made it part of italy) ethiopia
Fransico Franco and the spanish civil war
Nationalist vs. communist
communist were helped by stahlin
nationalist were helped by mussolini
remained nuetral through WWII and made hitler upset
1936-FDR vs. Alf Landon- blow out for FDR
axis( world rotates around rome and berlin)
Rome-Berlin Axis
panay incident
killed 2 americans
germany annexed austria (anschluss with austria)
hitler promised to not take anymore land and he got austria and the sudetenland
policy of appeasement- give them what he wants so they are happy
chamberlain thought he kept the war from breaking out but was criticied by winston churchill, people didn't like churchill because they thought he would cause war.
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