Blog dicussions today. We will talk about the 30's tomorrow.
1930s
31-Invasion of Manchuria-Japanese invaded Manchuria, China. Japan had a lot of people and not very many people. They were not able to trade with other countries. Although Japan had good industry. Manchuria had all the resources Japan needed. So they would take the resources then make stuff and sell it back and make money. Japan doing this broke the Power Pacts. All the League of Nations did was condemn their actions. They couldn’t do very much
36-Italy Invades Ethiopia- country that stayed independent even when the rest of the continent was controlled by most other counries. Italy had an imbarrassing loss against Ethiopia when they tried to get control of them. Italy was Embargoed by the League of Nations when they did it again in the thirties. The League couldn’t agree on oil santions. Annexed in
36-Spanish Civil war- Generalisimo Francisco Franco germans sent weapons to him to help him fight the communists. Good for Germany because it gave his soldiers experience, and tested their weapons, Spain Stayed Neutral, Hitler thought it would keep attention away from him.
36-Rome-Berlin Axis-Hitler and Mussolini became allies
37-Japan invades China-Japan used Manchuria to invade the rest of China. Japan bit of more than they could chew. Rape of Nan King-Japanese soldiers were ruthless, they would piliage and steal, they would rape anyone from old to baby, it was sick, China has never forgiven them, Japan has never officially apologized.
38-Munich Conference-Sudetian Germans-Hitler believed that they should be in Germany now. It was a conference between GB, France, Italy, and Hitler ect. Polocy of appeasement – the countries agreed to give hitler the Chech land if he stopped taking land. They gave in to hitler to prevent war. Winston Churchill critizied the appeasement. Others called him a war monger.
38-Austrian Anchluss(Union)-Hitler wanted to reunite all people of german ethnicality, he annexed Austria to make them a part of Germany. This led hitler to keep going.
39-Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact- German ambassador von Ribbentrop and Soviet dictator Stalin laugh as Molotov signs the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact on August 23, 1939. Signed one week before the invasion of Poland. 4 things came out of it. Russia gve raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons, Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war, Secretly agreed to invade and split Poland. Germany would get the western half and USSR would get the eastern half, Russia would get inland , Estionia and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania.
39-German invasion of Poland- Soviets invade from east
39-40-Blits and Sitz- Blitzkrieg-Lightning War- Attack like lightning. Goal: to achieve victory in the fastest way possible. They Attacked Roads, airports, and communication lines to confuse people. They use airplanes, then tanks, and mechanized units- take troops in trucks as far inland then the troops would work their way back. Served as the home of all the death camps from Germany. Sitzkrieg-The Phony War- Countries declare war but nothing happens. People wonder if it is over.
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