HIS 1053 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Great Britain National Rugby League Team, War Production Board, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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27 - lecture outline: the coming of war - ended isolationist, causes of war. 1930s hostile actions of imperial & expansionism of japan and nazi germany. Japan wanted to be dependent of other nations raw materials, that were needed for industrial production. 1931 japan broke commitment to league of nations, occupying manchuria(region of. 1937 japan brutally invaded china -> western nations and u. s. barely protested. 1933 germany, adolf hilter national socialist/nazi party became more powerful as the. Treaty of versailles ended ww1, as german people where embarrassed. Aryan nationalism, anti-semitism and the dictatorial rule was hitler"s beliefs, leading to harsh behaviors towards jews -> expansionist binge began. Benito mussolini, italy fascist leader: appeasement. As western counties where wanted to avoid war hitler knew this was his time for expansion. 1938 germany/hitler took the rest of czechoslovakia. Italy and japan allied themselves w/ germany. August 31, 1939 germany invaded poland -> britan and france declared war on.