7 Steps to War

Question 1

Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

Answer 1

1931
Japan takes over Manchuria to gain access to materials for their rapidly growing and industrializing nation

Question 2

1

Answer 2

Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

Question 3

German Rearmament

Answer 3

1933-36
ALL AGAINST TREATY OF VERSAILLES
Germany grows their army, produces new military machinery, remilitarized the Rhineland, and becomes very powerful

Question 4

2

Answer 4

German Rearmament

Question 5

Italian Invasion of Ethiopia

Answer 5

1935
Italy invades Ethiopia so Mussolini can built his “New Rome” as retaliation for Italy’s loss in 1836

Question 6

3

Answer 6

Italian Invasion of Ethiopia

Question 7

Spanish Civil War

Answer 7

1936-39
- Fascists vs communists
- hitler and Mussolini help fascist side (they win)
- test out new machinery and techniques

Question 8

4

Answer 8

Spanish civil war

Question 9

Anschluss (Austria)

Answer 9

1938
-Austria willingly dissolves into Germany
- west does nothing

Question 10

5

Answer 10

Anschluss (Austria)

Question 11

Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia)

Answer 11

1938-39
- takes German speaking Sudetenland
- promises not to take any more at Munich conference
- takes the rest of the country after a 2 day invasion

Question 12

6

Answer 12

Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia)

Question 13

Invasion of Poland

Answer 13

1939
- takes over dancing because he thinks it belongs to Germany
- breaks non aggression pact

Question 14

7

Answer 14

Invasion of Poland

Question 15

Nazi-Soviet Aggression Pact

Answer 15

• pre invasion of Poland
• split Poland between Germany and USSR to avoid a two front war