road to war

League of nations 

Created to create peace between nations, peace agreement

-collective security

Priniple in countries agree too work together

-isolationism

Avoids involvement in conflicts after ww1

Italian invasion of abyssubua

Act of aggression by fascist italy (Mussolini) against Abyssinia too expand empire, league of nations failed too stop aggression

Spanish civil war

Republicans vs. nationalists, nationalists won, Franco established dictatorship

Guernica

Small town in spain devestated by bombing by nationalists too break morale of rebublican resistence

Appeasements

Concessions too aggressive power too avoid conflict

Neville chamberlain

P.M of UK policy of appeasement toward nazi germany

Rhineland

Hitler violates treaty of versailles, sending troops into rhineland- expansion

Anschluss

Annexation of austria by nazi germany (expand)

Munich conference+ sudentenland

Leaders forfeit sudentenland in exchange of peace from hitler (czechoslovakia surrenders border reigns)

Nazi-soviet non aggression pact

Germany and soviet union will not fight for 10 years