2.  Japan invades ______________
 Italy invades ________________
 Germany invades _______________
 Appeasement
› Giving in to an aggressor to keep the peace
› Pacifism

3.  U.S. Neutrality Acts
› No sale of weapons to countries at war
› No loans to countries at war
› Goal: avoid involvement in European war
 Axis Powers
› Germany, Italy, Japan
› Fight Soviet communism
› Stay out of each other’s way

4.  1931- new
constitution; new
republic
› King forced to leave
Spain
› Conservatives who
favored the old
monarchy were mad
 Francisco Franco
› Conservative general
who led revolt
 Nationalists (pro-
monarchy;
conservative) vs.
Loyalists (anti-
monarchy; liberal)

5.  Germany and Italy
supported Franco and
the Nationalists
 Soviet Union supported
the Loyalists
 Over 500,000 deaths
› German air raid on
Guernica
 Nationalists won- Franco
set up dictatorship similar
to Hitler and Mussolini

6.  Anschluss
› Union between Germany and Austria
› German army moved in, or annexed, Austria
 Hitler annexed the Sudetenland (region
of Czechoslovakia)
› Britain and France- appeasement
› Hitler promised to have no more plans of
expansion

7.  Hitler broke promise and
took the rest of
Czechoslovakia
 Democracies pledge to
protect Poland from Hitler
 Nazi-Soviet Pact
› Peace agreement between
Hitler and Stalin
› Enemies- why would they
make a peace pact?

8.  Sept 1, 1939-
Germany invades
Poland
 Britain and France
declare war on
Germany
 Official beginning
of WWII