Causes of WW2 + Other Info to know Flashcards
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Leading Factors
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- Treaty of Versailles
- Great Depression
- Japanese Expansionism
- Nationalism
- American isolationism
- Militarism
- Anti-communism
- Appeasement
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Steps leading to war:
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- 1919 - Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 - Hitler gains control of German Parliament
- 1936 - Germany troops march into the Rhineland
- March 1938 - Hitler invades Austria
- September 1938 - Munich Agreement
- March 1939 - Hitler occupies all Czechoslovakia
- August 1939 - Germany signs pact with Soviet Union
- September 1, 1939 - Germany invades Poland
- September 3, 1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany
- September 10, 1949 - Canada declares war on Germany
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Allied and Axis Powers
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Allied Powers: Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States, and China
Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan
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3 countries Germany invaded before 1940
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Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria
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Bombardier
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Bombardier Inc. is a manufacturer of private airplanes that was once among the world’s largest manufacturers of trains and commercial airplanes. Headquartered in Montreal, the company was originally incorporated in 1942.