1935-1939

1. Treaty of Versailles
a. Germany wants revenge;
restore pride and power
b. Weak economies- allowed
dictators to rise who offered
simple solutions
! 2. The Great Depression
! Weakened economies all over
Europe
! Allow dictators to rise to
solve problems
3. Militarism
a. Rebuild Army and Navy
b. Restore power
4. Imperialism
Germany, Italy and Japan want to build empires
a. Germany in Europe & North Africa
b. Italy in Africa
c. Japan in Asia

5. Extreme Nationalism-
Germany, Italy, Japan all had extreme pride in their
country
1. 1935 Germany announces
rearmament in violations of
Versailles Treaty- Luftwaffe
unveiled
2. 2/19/36
Germany moves
in to Rhineland
French and
British do
nothing. German
generals proven
wrong by Hitler
3.1936 Germany
annexes Austria by
threat.
4. 1938
Germany
demands and
gets part of
Czechoslovaki
a-
Sudetenland.

! 5.At Munich, British and French
back down Appeasement- Hitler
sees his enemies as worms.
6. 1939 Non-
Aggression pact with
Russia world is
stunned
7. 1939 Hitler
demands Poland-
stages fake attacks
1.Gen. Francisco
Franco leads an
Army uprising
against the
Republican
Government
2. Hitler and Mussolini send
aid to Franco in the form
of tanks, aircraft, and
troops
3. Italy and Germany
use Spain as a
practice field
Condor Legion
Tactical air support,
troop transport,
terror bombing.
Guernica

! 4. Russia gives help to Republicans but pulls
out
! 5. Franco establishes dictatorship-
Authoritarian Government
1. Conquers
Ethiopia with
tanks, and poison
gas against spear
and barefoot
tribes men
2. Haile Selassie
appeals to League
of Nations but gets
no help