1930s notes
Japanese invasion of Manchuria-before this, Japan had signed many different documents saying, basically, they were going to leave China alone. Then the GD set in; Japan's military had a solution:invade China for resources. This got raw resources for the Japanese, became a place for Japan to sell finished goods to, and created a good base for attack for Japan. the League of Nations only "condemned" these action
Italy(Mussolini)1936 invaded Ethiopia. 40 years earlier, Italy lost its Ethiopian colony.
This is one of the worst colonial disaster in modern history. League of Nations put an embargo (not trade with) on Italy.
After roughly 6 months Italy conquered Ethiopia
Spanish Civil War- the fascist leader of Spain wanted to get rid of the seeds of communism.
Hitler and Mussolini sent planes, troops, and tanks to Spain. This got valuable battle experience for Hitler's troops.
Rome-Berlin Axis- official alliance between Italy and Germany.
Japan invades China-from Manchuria, Japan launched a massive invasion of China. Japanese soldiers were terribly brutal to the Chinese
Anschluss with Austria-Hitler had a goal to reunite all German people. After WW1, Austria asked to become part of Germany. Hitler had no repercussions.
Munich Conference- Italy, Germany, Great Britain, and France had a conference to decide the fate of Czechoslovakia. Hitler demanded that Czechoslovakia would become part of Germany. The others countries told Germany that if Hitler promised to stop taking over countries, they would give him part of Czechoslovakia. Then Hitler takes over the rest of Czechoslovakia 6 months later.
Soviet-German Non-Agression pact-pact between Germany and USSR.
Russia gave 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
Russia would get Finland, Estonia and Latvia, and Germany would get Lithuania.
A week later both invaded Poland.
Invasion of Poland- Poland lost within 3-4 weeks.
Blitzkrieg/ lightning warfare- the idea was to get to people mentally, and to be lightning fast.
Airplanes attack transportation and communication lines
Then tanks and infantry are brought in.
troops are also sent around to trap the enemy
This was extremely succesful
Sitzkrieg the phony war- after Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany. Nothing happened on land until the following spring.
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