HIST 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Haile Selassie, Appeasement, The Dictators
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January 1933, hitler comes to power in germany. October 1933, withdrew germany from the league of nations. World was still adjusting itself to nazi germany. Haile selassie went to the league of nations but wasn"t able to generate any help. Hitler wanted to use the rhineland to invade france. Spanish civil war 1936-1939: francisco franco emerges (fascist) Hitler and mussolini gave franco money, troops, air force etc. Munich 1938 > italy, germany, britain and france agreed not to go to war with one another. Hitler annexed austria and demanded czechoslovakia, and part of it was given to him. Chamberlain had lost his patience, britain and france threatened. The usa increasingly tied itself to britain and france. Lots of americans thought the usa shouldn"t get involved. Also a notion that big business was responsible and wanted to make money off of the war. By declaring itself neutral, the usa gave up international responsibility.