World War II Study Guide
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