Interwar period

• Many people believed that the League would be able to stop wars from happening again.
• great depression was a period of economic decline in the 1930s
• The great depression led to many countries becoming more nationalistic, as they wanted to protect their own interests rather than working together with other nations.
• Hitler's remilitarisation of the Rhineland in March 1936 showed how weak the League really was
• the league did not have any real power over its members so it could do little when Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935
• Hitler's Nazi party came into power in Germany during this time, promising to restore German pride and strength through aggressive foreign policy.
• the great depression caused unemployment rates to rise dramatically, leading to social unrest and political instability.
• Japan also became increasingly militaristic and expansionist, seeking to expand its empire in Asia.
• the Munich Agreement was an agreement signed on September 29th 1938 between Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy which allowed Hitler to take over Czechoslovakia without going to war
• appeasement is when leaders give in to demands made by another country or leader because they want peace
• In October 1929, Wall Street crashed which caused a worldwide recession known as the Great Depression
• The Great Depression had a huge impact on Germany because unemployment rose dramatically and there were food shortages
• Mussolini believed that he needed to rebuild Italy's economy by expanding its territory, which is why he began his conquest of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in October 1935.
• The Treaty of Versailles imposed harsh penalties on Germany following World War One