Timeline of Aggression

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Timeline of Aggression

• 1931-1939
• Japan, Italy, Germany

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1931 Japan Invades Manchuria

• The Wests Response
• League of Nations members vigorously protested.
  League condemned Japanese aggression, but it had
  no power to enforce its decisions. Japan ignored
  the protests and withdrew from the League in
  1933.

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October 1935 Mussolini attacks Ethiopia

• The Wests Response
• The League condemned the attacks but did nothing.

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March 1935 Hitler begins rearming

• The Wests Response
• The League did nothing.

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March 1936 German troops reoccupy Rhineland

• The Wests Response
• French and British choose appeasement.

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1937 Japan Invades China

• The Wests Response
• International community condemns the invasion but
  does nothing in response.

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1936-1939 Spanish Civil War

• The Wests Response
• The west declares neutrality in the conflict.
  Italy and Germany support fascists and the Soviet
  Union supports the Republicans. Fascists win.

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March 1938 Hitler Annexes Austria

• The Wests Response
• Britain and France ignore their pledge to protect
  Austrian independence.

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September 1938 Hitler Demands Sudetenland

• The Wests Response
• Agree to Munich Conference suggested by
  Mussolini. Give in to Hitlers demand to preserve
  peace.

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March 1939 Hitler Takes Czechoslovakia

• The Wests Response
• West chooses appeasement, though this defied the
  idea of self-determination put forth earlier
  regarding Anschluss and Sudetenland.

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April 1939 Mussolini Takes Albania

• The Wests Response
• League condemnation.

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August 1939 Hitler Demands Danzig and Polish
Corridor

• The Wests Response
• Britain and France declare that they will
  guarantee Polish independence.

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This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man!