Early Acts of Appeasement
Notes
-Failure of the League Of Nations: USA does not join, Lacks enforcement, Nationalism was too strong (big guys don't want to be told what to do by the smaller countries)
-Japan is appeased when they invade Manchuria for resources
-Italy occupies Abyssinia which is modern day Ethiopia
-Mussolini wanted to expand his empire
-1934 an incident is set up where Italians are killed as justification
-Hoare-Laval Plan stopped fighting to allow Germany to take some Ethiopian land
-Germany rearms and militarizes the Rhineland
-1935 Mussolini signs a naval agreement with Hitler
-1936 they occupy the Rhineland violating the Locarno Pact
-Japan is appeased when they invade Manchuria for resources
-Italy occupies Abyssinia which is modern day Ethiopia
-Mussolini wanted to expand his empire
-1934 an incident is set up where Italians are killed as justification
-Hoare-Laval Plan stopped fighting to allow Germany to take some Ethiopian land
-Germany rearms and militarizes the Rhineland
-1935 Mussolini signs a naval agreement with Hitler
-1936 they occupy the Rhineland violating the Locarno Pact
Quote
Political Cartoon
Subjunctive Question
Would World WW11 have happened if Hitler were stopped?
Summary
The league of nations fails to stop Germany and Japan from Invading other countries. In 1935 Mussolini signs a naval agreement with Hitler.