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)