Rise of totalitarianism

Benito mussolini

Fascist leader of Italy from 1933-1943

Josef Stalin

communist leader of Soviet Union 1934-1953 killed his way to top

Fransisco franco

Fascist leader of Spain from 1939-1975

General Tojo hideki

Military leader of Japan 1941-44

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926-1889 appointed at 25

What happened in 1931

Japan invaded manchuria

Policy of appeasmenr

Western democracies had the power to stop it at this time but chose not to

What was the hope for Hitlers Germany

It would become a peaceful member of the family of nations once his demands had been met

What did Hitler do in violation of the Treaty of Versailles

He began to rebuild the German armed forces and begins a campaign to bring all areas where Germans were living back into “motherland”

What happens in 1935

Italy invaded Ethiopia

Spanish Civil War

Italy and Germany support the overthrow of the democratic government of Spain and it is replaced by Franco

What happened in 1936

Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland which was supposed to be a buffer zone between France and Germany

What happened in 1937

Japan invaded the rest of China eventually occupying nearly all of the coastal cities

the rape if nanking

Japanese kill over 250,000 Chinese men woman and children

1938

Hitler occupies austria

Later in 1938

Hitler occupies the Sudetenland

1939

Italy invades albania

in 1939

Germany took over the rest of Czechoslovakia

Also in 1939

Hitler signs a nonaggression pact with Stalin

What happened once Hitler was sure that the Soviet’s would not retaliate

He invaded Poland on 9/1/39 (he wanted to reclaim the polish corridor that had been taken from Germany after WW1)

What happened after the invasion of Poland

France and GB declared war on Germany (9/3/39)

Rome-Berlin Axis

Italy and Germany had formed an alliance in 1936 and Japan joined in 1940