Blog Disscussions
in 1937 japan invaded the rest of china near the capital
china was to japan as the soviet was to germany- large amounts of land and resources but germany and japan bit off more than they could chew
Rape of Nanking 1937 (japanese)
- civilains killed
- women and children raped
Quarentine Speech 1937
- FDR thinks japan italy and germany maybe soviet union need to be quarentine
- FDR did not act like a neutral president
Appeasement Policy
- diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor
- Great Britain and France used this policy throughout the 30's
- helped give japan italy and Germany confidence that they would face no consequences for their actions
- considered to be a huge mistake by historians
- giving dictators what they want to avoid going to war
Panay Incident
- they apologized to us because they thought it was a chinese ship
Anschluss with Austria 1938
- Anschluss is german for union
- Austria becomes part of germany
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