GERMAN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE:

       Blamed for war and pay for

            reparations

       Inflation

       Unwillingness by allies to change

            treaty

       Weimar Republic was weak

       US: insisted on repayment of loans,

            isolation

 

RISE OF ADOLF HITLER:

       Early years: WWI

       Involvement with the Nazis/Mein

            Kampf

       Elected chancellor, assumed

            presidency

       Nuremburg Laws begin

       1935/Kristallnacht

       Repudiating the Treaty and Building

            Economically

       US: Focus on New Deal, Disarmament

 

FASCISM IN ITALY:

       Mussolini and economic and political problems

       Establishment of Fascism: March on Rome 1922

       Improvements under corporatism

       1936 Ethiopia

       US: Neutrality Acts, Moral Embargo

 

SPANISH CIVIL WAR:

       Franco vs. Republicans, Franco aided by Fascists

              despite League

       Oct 1936 Rome Berlin Axis Created (from previous

              cooperation)

       US: Neutrality, Non-action

 

MILITARISM IN JAPAN:

       Economic disaster led to dictatorship in Japan

       Imperialism in Manchuria, Joined Axis

       US: Moral Lecture, no other response

       Japan increased attacks in China Shanghai 1937

       Quarantine Speech: Reaction NO action

 

VIOLATION AND APPEASEMENT:

       36 Rhineland, Austria 38, Sudentenland 38, Munich

              Appeasement

       US: Continued neutrality, supported Chamberlain’s

              negotiation

 

INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA:

       March 39 Invaded Czech, Demands in Poland,

              England France support Poland

       Nazi-Soviet Pact 39 (West wouldnt sign on with Stalin)

       US: FDR sent telegrams urging negotiation to Italy,

              Germany, Poland

 

WWII BEGINS:

       Sept 1, 1939 invasion of Poland, Fr GB declare war

       US: Lindbergh and the “America First Committee”:

              maintain neutrality

       cash and carry finally passed, Americans were “divided

              and concerned”

 

US SUPPORTS BRITAIN:

       Lend-Lease to Britain after France fell US= the

              “arsenal of democracy”

       Convoy system begun, German submarine attacks

 

PEARL HARBOR:

       Tojo attempts to negotiate with Washington, US

              wouldn’t give in

       December 7, 1941: Attack

       Few hours after the speech, US declared war on Japan