Tags & Description
collective security
what is needed to defend their common interests against enemy attack.
Axis powers
Japan
Italy
Germany
Allied powers
Great Britain
The Soviet Union
France
America
Manchukuo
Japan’s independent state (Previously manchuria)
Pu-Yi
Puppet ruler of Manchukuo
Lord Lytton
Sent to investigate Japan’s conquering of Manchukuo
How did Japan respond to the League of Nations’ request to return Manchukuo to China? What did it prove?
They withdrew from the league, proving it had no power.
Rape of Nanking/The Nanking Massacre
Brutal Japanese attack in Nanking in an attempt to conquer China
Benito Mussolini
Fascist dictator of Italy
Haie Selassie
Ethiopian emperor who looked to the League for help against the italian invasion
What was the League’s solution to the Italian invasion of Ethopia? Did it work?
Threaten sanctions against Italy, it didn’t work.
sanctions
Limiting or cutting off exports and imports/trade with another country as a punishment for problems
Francisco Franco
leader of the conservative Spanish Nationalists
Spanish Civil war
the conservative Spanish Nationalists vs. left-wing Loyalists
Who did the soviets support in the Spanish civil war?
The Left-wing Loyalists
Who did Germany and Italy support in the Spanish Civil war?
The Conservative Nationalists
Hermann Goering
Head of the Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
German Air Force
Who won the Spanish Civil war?
The Conservative Nationalists! Spain became a fascist dictatorship. They remained neutral in WW2.
lebensraum
living space
Rhineland
a German region between the Rhine and the French border
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany
How did everyone react to Hitler invading the Rhinelands?
They didn’t. They were scared of starting a war.
Rome-Berlin Axis
An alliance between Germany and Italy
Anti-Comintern Pact
Italy, Germany, and Japan’s pact against soviet communism
Joseph Stalin
Ruler of the Soviet Union
Anschluss
the joining of Austria and Germany
Neville Chamberlain
British Prime minister
appeasement
granting concessions to maintain peace
Edouard Daladier
French Premier
Munich Agreement
Hitler Pinky-promises to leave Czechoslovakia alone and not conquer any more territory
Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact
Hitler and Stalin promise not to fight each other