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key events that led to WW2 - Coggle Diagram
key events that led to WW2
weakness of League of Nations
was never the body envisioned by President Woodrow Wilson
was inadequate for preventing conflict and ensuring "collective security"
New Alliances
Mussollini also sent fotces to Franco
Hitler couldn´t make an allience with Austria and sent his forces to restore order in Austria
Hitler made aliences with Japan and Italy
Hitler sent military assistance to General Franco in the Spain civil war
Expansionist ideologist
Hitler
come to power in 1933
wanted to destroy the communist USSR and gain power over continental Europe
Nazis wanted to create lebensraum for the developement of the Aryan Race
had clear forgein policy abitions
was the leader of the Nazis
Great depression
Economic Boom
people pay low taxes
ordinary Americans cuold borrow a few dollars to invest in shares
People belived thet they could get rich quick and there was for the first time widspread speculation on the market
Wall street crash
Depression
threatened international cooperation and peace
caused great social problems as mass unemployment and poverty grew
spred quickly arround the world as many other nations
took place in the 1930s
The most powerful economy in the world descended into the most severe economic slump in its history
Thousands of American companies went bankrupt and shareholders were ruined