1896 Italy wanted Ethiopia since no one owned it, Italy lost to Ethiopia, 1935 Mussolini invades Ethiopia, League of Nations puts on sanctions but not on oil, 1936 Italy takes over Ethiopia
Spain- neutral in WWII, civil war in Spain nationalists’ v communists, Francisco Franco became the dictator of Spain, received help from Hitler
1936 election- FDR v Alf Landon, FDR blow out
Rome-Berlin Axis- Italy and Germany became allies
Japan- lacked resources, depended on US trade, stopped with US tariffs, invaded Manchuria, did well but struggled with expanse; got Manchuria in ’31, dislike the Chinese
Quarantine Speech- peaceful nations need to come together to quarantine aggressive nations and not allow them to spread
Panay Incident- in China, American gunboat Panay, attacked by Japanese gunmen killing 2, started pushing us further away from Japan, first aggressive incident between US and Japan
First German aggressive act was invasion of Austria, wasn’t a surprise, they wanted it
Hitler wanted west part of Czech, wanted to get Sudetenland back, Munich conference in 1938 because Hitler wanted that land, 4 countries GB, Germany, Italy, and France, compromised GB and France said you can take it as long as you don’t take any more land, Policy of Appeasement, Chamberlain goes back to GB, one guy to criticize is Winston Churchill
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