The Political Build-up to the WarHWH UNIT 12CHAPTER 17.1

1929: THE GREAT DEPRESSION1933: Hitler takes control

Germany Withdraws from the League of Nations (1933)

The USSR joins the League of Nations (1934)

Nazis attempt a coup in Austria (July, 1934)• Austrian Nazis push for Anschluss•Mussolini stops Hitler

Germany Begins Remilitarization (1935)

German Army Reoccupies the Rhineland (1936)

Germany and Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis (1936)

The Spanish Civil War Begins (1936)

The Spanish Civil War• 1931: Spanish Republic • 1936: Popular Front • Nationalists (Fascists—

right) vs. Loyalists/Republicans (Socialists—left)•General Francisco Franco

• Foreign Intervention

National Income of the Powers in 1937

and Percentage Spent on Defense

Income(Billion dollars)

Percentage to Defense

United States

68 1.5

British Empire

22 5.7

France 10 9.1

Germany 17 23.5

Italy 6 14.5

USSR 19 26.4

Japan 4 28.2

Italy Withdraws from League of Nations (1937)

Anschluss (March, 1938)Lebensraum

The Munich Crisis (March, 1938)

Chamberlain: “Peace in our time”

Germany Annexes the Sudetenland (March, 1938)

Germany Annexes Czechoslovakia (March, 1939)

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (August, 1939)

Germany Invades Poland (September 1, 1939)