Road to World War 2 Mussolini Benito Mussolini

Road to World War 2

Mussolini �Benito Mussolini (1922) - came to power in Italy under the Fascist Party, which he created �Fascism - political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual, led by a dictator �complete control of media, resources, and domestic services

Joseph Stalin �Joseph Stalin (1926) – came to power in the Soviet Union after Lenin died.

Hirohito �Emperor Hirohito (1926) – became emperor of Japan who wished to modernize the country �Premier Tojo – Prime Minister of Japan who created a military government in Japan in 1941

*Japanese Imperialism *Kellogg Briand Pact (1928) - international outlaw of war as a means to settle problems no plan on how to enforce it if a country went to war *1931 – Italy invaded Ethiopia despite warnings from the League of Nations *1932 – Japan invades Manchuria (northeast China)

Adolf Hitler �Adolf Hitler (1933) – came to power as part of the Nazi Party by being appointed chancellor of Germany becomes führer(leader) in 1934

Axis Powers �Germany, Italy, and Japan form an alliance �This begins with Germany and Italy forming the Rome. Berlin Axis (Pact of Steel)

Appeasement �appeasement – giving into demands of an aggressor in order to achieve peace � 1935 – Germany begins building and air force, and army �The Neutrality Acts (1935) – outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war influences American isolationism

Occupying the Rhineland � 1936 – Germany reoccupies the Rhineland, which was an area owned by Germany that was supposed to be demilitarized �Demilitarized- without weapons or fortifications

Japan invades China � 1937 – Japan invades and attacks China hoped to team up with Germany �President FDR gives a speech (Quarantine Speech) calling for an international “quarantine of aggressor nations”

Munich Conference �Munich Conference (1938) – issue of the Sudetenland was to be resolved in a conference �Czech gives up Sudetenland �*many nations believed war had been avoided and they had achieved “peace in our time” – Neville Chamberlin

Germany breaks the pact � 1939 – In March, Germany invades the rest of Czechoslovakia �Britain and France declare they will fight if Poland is invaded

Hitler and Stalin �Aug 1939 – Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Non. Aggression Pact promising not to attack each other �Sept 1 st, 1939 – Germany invades Poland �Britain and France declare war on Germany � World War II had