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After WWI the economy of the countries involved took a dive. Why? War is good for business. In the US unemployment reached as high as 25% Great Britain, France, and Italy also suffered from horrible unemployment Great Depression Inflation was so bad in Germany that many people could not afford to buy food to eat Adolf Hitler rose to prominence promising to restore Germany to it’s pre-WWI greatness Appeasement: Czechoslovakia Following WWI the Western European powers were committed to preventing another world war When Hitler rose to power western powers ignored Germanys violations of the Treaty of Versailles The West negotiated with Hitler, granting the territory to Germany Soon Hitler began saying that Germans needed more lebensraum and demanding that the Sudetenland (a region along the German Czech border) be returned to Germany When Hitler saw the West did not want to fight he sent troops into Czechoslovakia Genocide: Rape of Nanjing In 1931 Japan took control of the northern region of China called Manchuria as the first step in creating a Pacific Empire Once the Japanese captured Nanjing they rounded up all the remaining Chinese soldiers and marched them out of town Many women in Nanjing were turned in to sex slaves for the Japanese soldiers called Comfort Women In 1939 the Japanese said they were provoked by the Chinese and captured their Capital city Nanjing They began brutally killing the prisoners of war. Some were used for target and bayonet practice, others were beheaded