Chapter 21 Notes Flashcards
Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928
Frank B. Kellogg- US secretary of state
Aristide Briand-French minister
agreement made war illegal
Japan made one of the first
challenges to the pact
Osachi Hamaguchi 1930
prime minister of Japan and was fatally shot
in September 1931 Japan’s forces take
control of Manchuria
by 1939 Japan controls
most of China
Mussolini and overseas expansion
believed expansion would ease some of Italy’s economic problems
Ethiopia
one of the few independent nations in Africa and the first target of Mussolini
1935 Italian forces and in 1936 Mussolini
invaded and defeated Ethiopia
adds Ethiopia to the empire
2nd Spanish Republic
new government of Spain in the early 30s
new government splits Spain into two groups
Nationalists vs. Loyalists
Nationalists were also called
Falangists
the Falange was
a fascist party led by General Francisco Franco
Loyalists
supported the Republic
Germany and Italy sent
military to help the Nationalists
Rome-Berlin Axis
a military alliance between Hitler and Mussolini
International Brigade
volunteers from France, Great Britain, and the US that helped the Republic
by the spring of 1939 the Nationalists forces
had defeated the Loyalists
General Franco becomes
Spain’s head of the state/dictator
1933- Hitler announces
that he would rearm the country
1936 March-Hitler and violates
marches his troops into the Rhineland
the Treaty of Versailles
Axis Powers
Hitler and Mussolini called themselves this; their new name
Anti-Comminturn Pact
Japan and Germany signed this; it is against communism; promising to stop the spread of communism
Austrian Chancellor agrees
to union with Germany
Hitler takes
Austria with a show of force
Anschluss
the union between Germany and Austria; meant “living space”?/expand
Sudetenland was located
on the western part of Czechoslovakia
how many Germans were there living in the Sudetenland
more than 3 million
natural defense for Germany in the Sudetenland
a chain of mountains
appeasement
the policy of giving in to the aggressor to keep the peace
Munich Conference (September 29, 1938)
was called by Hitler
Neville Chamberlain, the English Prime Minister, and Edouard Daladier, the French Prime Minister, attended
Hitler promised what at the Munich Conference?
he promised no more territorial acquisitions
March 1939 German troops invade
Czechoslovakia
Britain and France realize
they cannot trust the dictators and cannot ignore them anymore
and prepare for war by rearming
Stalin’s concerns about allying with Britain and France
Stalin feared the Western powers would welcome the chance to turn Hitler loose on them because they hate communism
Nazi-Soviet Pact (Aug. 1939)
a non-aggression pact where both promise not to attack the other; Germany would take western Poland and the Soviet Union would take eastern Poland
Danzig
seaport city in Poland
Polish corridor
a strip of land that gave Germany access to the sear
Sept. 1, 1939 Hitler
attacks Poland and starts WWII
September 3, 1939 Britain and France
declare war on Germany
blitzkrieg
means lightning war; attack with great speed and force
after a month of fight Poland
surrendered to Hitler
France move along the with their fortifications in
Maginot Line
France
Germany move along the fortifications in
Siegfried Line
the Rhineland
“phony war”
about seven months between Poland’s surrender and the next battle; the armies weren’t fighting
Soviets invade Sept. 1939 and Nov. 1939
eastern Poland
Finland
the low countries
the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
Hitler invades and in April 1940 and Germany gains
Denmark
Norway
an outlet to the sea
France and Britain finally realize
that Hitler was an immediate threat to their safety