2. Japan invades ______________
Italy invades ________________
Germany invades _______________
Appeasement
› Giving in to an aggressor to keep the peace
› Pacifism
3. U.S. Neutrality Acts
› No sale of weapons to countries at war
› No loans to countries at war
› Goal: avoid involvement in European war
Axis Powers
› Germany, Italy, Japan
› Fight Soviet communism
› Stay out of each other’s way
4. 1931- new
constitution; new
republic
› King forced to leave
Spain
› Conservatives who
favored the old
monarchy were mad
Francisco Franco
› Conservative general
who led revolt
Nationalists (pro-
monarchy;
conservative) vs.
Loyalists (anti-
monarchy; liberal)
5. Germany and Italy
supported Franco and
the Nationalists
Soviet Union supported
the Loyalists
Over 500,000 deaths
› German air raid on
Guernica
Nationalists won- Franco
set up dictatorship similar
to Hitler and Mussolini
6. Anschluss
› Union between Germany and Austria
› German army moved in, or annexed, Austria
Hitler annexed the Sudetenland (region
of Czechoslovakia)
› Britain and France- appeasement
› Hitler promised to have no more plans of
expansion
7. Hitler broke promise and
took the rest of
Czechoslovakia
Democracies pledge to
protect Poland from Hitler
Nazi-Soviet Pact
› Peace agreement between
Hitler and Stalin
› Enemies- why would they
make a peace pact?
8. Sept 1, 1939-
Germany invades
Poland
Britain and France
declare war on
Germany
Official beginning
of WWII