World War II Study Guide
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World History [1]
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Military [3]
Modern Europe [4]
Modern history [5]
Nazi Germany [7]
world war II [9]
Axis powers [10]
Appeasement [12]
Adolf Hitler [13]
War [14]
Politics [15]
WWII Study Guide Events Leading to WWII Japanese Aggression Reasons* Wanted Raw Materials and Markets Needed living space for growing population Wanted less dependence on foreign goods/materials Manchuria (1931) China protested with the LON LON sided with China Result ? Japan withdrew from LON China (1937) Eastern and Southern Chinese Cities (Nanking) Began 8 year fight for control of China Italian Aggression 1934 ? Ethiopia Reasons: power and prestige Ethiopia appeals to LON LON applied economic sanctions - failed 1936 Ethiopia annexed 1939 Albania Reasons ? control of Adriatic Sea; expansionist policies After observing the Appeasement policies of Britain and France towards Germany?s invasion of Czechoslovakia, Italy decided to invade Spanish Civil War