Aggressors Attack Nations

4. Country invaded by Mussolini in 1935 but was no match due to their lack of military power compared to Italy's
5. Ehtiopian emperor who appealed to the League of Nations for help from Italy
7. The country that Japan invaded in 1937, leading to a larger conflict known as the Second Sino-Japanese War.
10. A powerful group in Japan’s government that believed the military should control the country. They promoted expansion and war as solutions to Japan’s economic problems.
13. Spanish general that led the Spanish Civil War and was supported by Hitler and Mussolini
14. Italian dictator who invaded Ethiopia to build an empire

1. A conference where British prime minister Neville Chamberlain believed that he could preserve peace by giving in to Hitler’s demand of having Czechoslovakia be part of the Third Reich
2. A belief from the U.S. that political ties to other countries should be avoided
3. An international organization that Japan withdrew from in 1933 after being criticized for its invasion of Manchuria.
6. The Emperor of Japan during this time. The militarists kept him as a symbolic leader because he helped promote nationalism and support for their policies.
8. Strategy of givign in to aggressors to avoid war, used by the Allies but did not work
9. Agreement that Hitler violated to rebuild Germany’s military
11. A region in China that Japan invaded in 1931 as part of its expansion efforts to gain resources and strengthen its economy.
12. War the Hitler and Mussolini supported Francisco Franco