AP World History: Modern / Unit 7: Global Conflict (c. 1900–present)
7.6 Causes of World War II
Notes
Fascism in Italy (Mussolini) and Germany (Hitler); Japanese expansion (Manchuria 1931); appeasement (Munich 1938); Germany's invasion of Poland (1939).
Practice
WWII in Europe began when Germany invaded:
September 1939.
Appeasement meant:
Munich Agreement.
Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 mainly to gain:
Imperial expansion.
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