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Why had int'l peace collapsed by 1939? - Coggle Diagram
Why had int'l peace collapsed by 1939?
Aims of the axis powers
Hitler (Germany)
Tear up the treaty of Versailles
Reparations (irrelevant by 1933)
Disarmament (Remilitarisation of Rhineland & rearmament of Germany)
Self-determination (Czechoslovakia & Poland)
Anschluss forbidden (Anschluss in 1938)
Expand German territory (lebensraum)
Defeat communism (poetntial conflict with the US)
Japan
Greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere
Create empire
Expand territory
Economic independence
Italy
Empire expansion (2nd Roman empire)
Distract people from the Depression
Conscription/ rearmament (in secret - 1933)
Saar plebiscite
As per the treaty of Versailles
Outcome favoured Germany
Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
(March 1936)
Spanish Civil War
(July 1936 - April 1939)
Hitler supports General Franco (Dictators)
Demonstrates power of the Luftwaffe (German air force)
Anschluss
(Mar 1938)
Second attempt is successful
Mussolini is now allied with Hitler
Stressa Pact
(Apr. 1935)
The West's reaction to uphold the treaty of Versailles
Franco-Soviet Pact
of mutual assistance (May 1935)
Non-binding pact
Intimidate Germany
Anglo German Naval Agreement
(June 1935)
German navy limited to 35% of Britain's.
Violated the Treaty of Versailles
Abyssinia
(Oct. 1935)
Mussolini notices that stressa pact has been broken
Ruins credibility of the League
Hoare-Laval Pact