Road+to+WWII

William Chiu The Road to WWII: 
 * 1) Formation of the League of Nations to give assistance to members attacked by other countries
 * 2) Nazi party comes to power in Germany
 * 3) “Lebenstraum” (living space)- idea used by Hitler that a country’s power is measured by how much land it owns and the quality of the land
 * 4) Germany increases the size of its military
 * 5) Appeasement used by Western Powers to satisfy Hitler’s desire to expand
 * 6) Hitler withdraws from the League of Nations and the Geneva disarmament conference
 * 7) Hitler occupies the Rhineland
 * 8) Germany annexes Austria
 * 9) Western powers and Germany attend the Munich conference, Hitler is granted the Sudetenland if he does not invade Czechoslovakia
 * 10) Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
 * 11) Germany allies with Italy
 * 12) Stalin signs a non-aggression pact with Hitler for a partition of Poland after Hitler invades
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hitler invades Poland and WWII
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

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