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Aggressors Invade Nations

Aggressors Invade Nations. Japan Seeks an Empire. Military leaders gained control after the Depression Wanted to restore traditional control of the government Made emperor the symbol of state power Solve economic problems through expansion. Japan Invades Manchuria.

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Aggressors Invade Nations

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  1. Aggressors Invade Nations

  2. Japan Seeks an Empire • Military leaders gained control after the Depression • Wanted to restore traditional control of the government • Made emperor the symbol of state power • Solve economic problems through expansion

  3. Japan Invades Manchuria • Area rich in iron and coal • Japanese army seized Manchuria and set up a puppet government • Build mines and factories • Challenge to the League of Nations

  4. Japan Invades China • Full scale war • China’s army was no match • Beijing and Nanjing both fell • Many retreated, Mao Zedong continued to fight

  5. European Aggressors on the March • Mussolini • Invaded Ethiopia in 1935 • Appeasement by the League • Hitler • March 1935, vowed to disobey the Treaty of Versailles • Appeasement over the Rhineland • Germany, Japan and Italy became allies

  6. Civil War in Spain • Many wanted a fascist takeover by Francisco Franco • Hitler and Mussolini sent troops and arms • Republican army was very weak in comparison • Francisco Franco became Spain’s Fascist Dictator

  7. Preserving Peace • United States • Isolationist Policy • Neutrality Acts • Banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war • German Reich Expands • Third Reich • Annexed Austria • Hitler took the Sudetenland • Britain and France Choose Appeasement • Gave into Hitler and Mussolini’s demands in exchange for peace

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