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A Voice of Warning, 193340
Japan’s emperor, Hirohito
Manchuria,
part of China
-- invaded by
Japan
The League
of Nations
did nothing
to stop this
aggression
1931 - Japanese invaded Manchuria
Japan invaded
China, 1937
Churchill felt
Japan was
justified
because parts
of China were
controlled by
communists
1935: Benito
Mussolini
attacked
Ethiopia
Churchill called
the invasion “a
a small
matter.” It
was not really
different from
Britain’s 19th
century
conquests.
Haile Selasse, emperor of
Ethiopia -- attacked by Italy
Benito Mussolini -“Il Duce”
Italy’s fascist
leader
In 1937
Churchill
called Mussolini
. . . A Roman
genius – the
greatest
lawgiver of all
time.”
Germans were bitter over losses
at Treaty of Versailles
German inflation, 1923
50 million marks = zilch
Adolf Hitler with
Hitler Youth
Hitler was
appointed
chancellor of
Germany, January
1933. He
arrested socialist
and communist
members of the
Reichstag. Now
that Nazis were a
majority, he
became dictator.
Annual Nazi Party
Congress at Nuremburg
Hitler Youth members
were trained for war
1936 Hitler remilitarized
the Rhineland
Hitler and
Mussolini formed
the Rome-Berlin
Axis, 1936
Many Austrians were delighted to
welcome the Germans, March 1938
Churchill spoke
out against:
• totalitarian
rule
• military
buildup
• mistreatment
of Jews
• concentration
camps
• secret police
Churchill said that
Baldwin’s
government was:
“undecided,
resolved to be
irresolute,
adamant for
drift, solid for
fluidity, all
powerful for
impotency.”
Hitler & Mussolini helped Franco
win Spanish Civil War
Adolf Hitler and
Spanish fascist
Francisco Franco
Churchill feared
the republican
legal government
in Spain was
dominated by
Communists. He
favored Franco’s
military rebellion.
Edward VIII,
January to
December 1936
Edward
succeeded to
the throne on
the death of
his father,
George V
(r.1910-36)
Churchill urged
delay to save
the King’s
throne
He was booed
in Commons
and had no
supporters.
Churchill
assumed his
political career
was over.
“I cannot carry out my duties without the love
and support of the woman I love.”
A very reluctant “Bertie”
became King George VI
The Duke and Duchess of
Windsor meet Hitler
Sudetenland - Hitler took part of
Czechoslovakia, October 1938
Chamberlain:”I returned with peace with
honour, peace within our time.”
Churchill: “The
government
was faced with
a choice of
shame or war.
They have
chosen shame
and will get
war under less
favorable
terms.”
Germany took the
rest of
Czechoslovakia,
March ‘39
Britain and France
appeased Hitler
Germany 1939 --gains before
the beginning of the war
August 23,
1939 -- a
week
before
Hitler
invaded
Poland
September 1939
- Poland is dismembered
May 10, 1940 Blitzkrieg
in BeNeLux and France
Axis Agression 1931-41
Japan Manchuria
Italy- Ethiopia
Germany Rhineland
Germany, Italy in
Spanish Civil War
Japan - China
Germany Sudetenland
Germany Czechoslovalia
Germany - Poland
Germany- Norway,
Denmark, France,
Benelux
Germany - USSR
The League of Nations failed to stop
Axix aggression
BUT
FIRST,
LET’S
TAKE A
BREAK