Causes:
- Germany was biter over its treatment following
WWI
- A worldwide depression added to poverty already
affecting many nations. People looked to strong leaders to restore order and
provide jobs.
- Powerful leaders gained control of Italy,
Germany, and Japan.
- Joseph Stalin became the Communist dictator of
the Soviet Union. His secret agreement with Hitler to divide Poland enabled
Germany to start WW2
- Japan invaded Manchuria and China.
- Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union took part in
the Spanish Civil War in which they tested new weapons and strategies.
- Italy seized control of Ethiopia and Albania.
- Germany took over Austria and Czechoslovakia
- America got involved because of the attack on
Pearl Harbor
Updated May 11, 2015