HISB31H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: International Brigades, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase, Isolationism
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The great depression for the united states ended as a result of world war ii. Dec 7, 1941: pearl harbor when the war really began for the united states. Treaty of versailles (1919) was the reason why world war ii started: germans were guilty, germans lost half of their country and their empire collapsed, germans had to pay a lot of reparations. 1931: japanese invasion of manchuria: the japanese went after the steel mills. 1933: hitler elected chancellor of germany: the party with the most seats could form a government, hitler won as the leader of the nazi party. 1935: italy attacked abyssinia: mussolini invaded abyssinia (ethiopia, ig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)t (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the league of natio(cid:374)s did (cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to ethiopia"s aid (cid:449)he(cid:374) Article x stated that when a member is under attack, the league should have supported ethiopia; italy was part of the league but mussolini was never denounced.
