WORLD WAR TWO
1939-1945
MASSIVE GLOBAL AND INDUSTRIAL WAR
THREE FACTIONS: FASCISTS, COMMUNISTS, LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES
AXIS: GERMANY, ITALY (TO 1943), JAPAN
FINLAND, RUMANIA, HUNGARY, BULGARIA
ALLIES: FRANCE, BRITAIN, UNITED STATES, SOVIET UNION,
POLAND, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, LUXEMBOURG,
ITALY (AFTER 1943), CHINA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND,
CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA, BRAZIL AND OTHERS
ROAD TO WORLD WAR TWO
PROMOTED BY FASCIST AGGRESSION AND PASSIVE RESPONSE BY
WESTERN DEMOCRACIES
FASCIST FOREIGN POLICY OF AGGRESSION
OCTOBER, 1933: GERMANY QUITS LEAGUE OF NATIONS
MARCH, 1935: HITLER RENOUNCES REARMAMENT
OCTOBER, 1935: ITALY INVADES ETHIOPIA
BRINGS GERMANY AND ITALY CLOSER TOGETHER
MARCH, 1936: GERMANS REMILITARIZE RHINE
FRENCH FAIL TO INTERVENE
1936-1939: SPANISH CIVIL WAR
NATIONALISTS: FASCISTS UNDER FRANCO
SUPPORTED BY GERMANY AND ITALY
REPUBLICANS: LIBERALS AND LEFTISTS
SUPPORTED BY SOVIETS
WESTERN DEMOCRACIES FAIL TO INTERVENE
ONLY ANTI-FASCIST VOLUNTEERS
1939: NATIONALISTS WIN WITH OUTSIDE SUPPORT
APPEASEMENT: BRITISH AND FRENCH POLICY TO APPEASE
HITLER AND GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTED RATHER
THAN FIGHT ANOTHER WAR LIKE WORLD WAR ONE
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN (UK)
PACIFIST FEELING IN FRANCE AND BRITAIN
MARCH, 1938: SUCCESSFUL GERMAN ANSCHLUSS WITH AUSTRIA
SEPTEMBER, 1938: 1ST CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CRISIS
SUDETENLAND TO GERMANY
CHAMBERLAIN PROCLAIMED PEACE IN EUROPE
MARCH, 1939: 2ND CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CRISIS
GERMANS OCCUPY CZECHS.
SEPTEMBER, 1939: GERMANS INVADE POLAND
ISSUE OF "POLISH CORRIDOR"
GERMAN-SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION PACT
WAR BEGINS
