1931: Jap attacks Manchuria and creates Manchukuo
rise of fascism in Jap
military overthrows civilian govt. which opposed Manchukuo
1937: full invasion of China
1933: Hitler chancellor
wanted Lebensraum = living space
for Gr capturing areas east until Ural mts.
1932-33: World Disarmament Conf
Gr withdrew from LoN and WDC
1933: It - USSR Non-Agression Pact
1934: Hitler - Rearmament in Gr
1934: Gr - Poland Non-Agression Pact
breaks Little Entente of Fr
Po feared of Gr and little faith in Fr ∵ Great Dep
1934: 1st attempt at Anschluss by Gr
Nazis of Austria murdered Austrian Chancellor
1935: Conscription by Hitler
It - Br - Fr sign Stressa Front
reaffirms Locarno treaties
Br & Fr guarantee Austrian borders
1935: Fr - USSR Non-Military alliance
but not Military alliance bcoz Left-Right wing diff. in Fr
Right wing didn't like USSR
1935: Br - Gr Naval Agreement
broke Stressa front
Italy felt cheated ⇒ drifted closer to Gr
1935: Italy annexes Abyssinia
to ↑ Mussolini's popularity
Italians were defeated by the nationalists in the 1876 Battle of Adowa
Br & Fr mild sanctions on Ita to save Stressa Front
this still angered Mussolini
1936: Gr-Jap Anti-Comintern pact
1936: Rome-Berlin Axis
"all peace loving nations should revolve around this axis"
1936-39: Spanish Civil war
b/w right wing Franco and left wing communists
Hitler and Mussolini supported
wanted Fascist presence in Atlantic
But finally Sp didn't join WW II
1937: Italy joins Anti-Comintern Pact
alliance It - Gr - Jap complete
1937: Full invasion of China by Jap
1939: Anschluss with Austria complete
1938: Munich Conf
Hitler demands Sudetenland from Cz
70% industries of Cz in Sudent
World promised Sudent to Gr but Cz should be free
Hitler annexes whole of Cz anyways
1939: Gr-USSR 10yr Non-Agression pact
secret clause of dividing Poland b/w them
6 month phoney war with Fr
Gr Blitz Kreig ie., short term victory
massive attack by air and ground troops
1942: Gr breaks pact and attacks USSR
Jap attacks US at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
∵ US against Jap expansion in SE Asia