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Between the Wars: Political Tensions & Global Shifts

Explore the turbulent era between the World Wars, from the German Depression to the rise of fascist regimes and global conflicts. Witness key events like the Munich Uprising, Hitler's ascension, and the shift towards militarization in Japan. Learn about appeasement policies and the lead-up to World War II.

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Between the Wars: Political Tensions & Global Shifts

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  1. Events Between the Wars

  2. German Depression began in 1923. • Weimar Republic failed. • “Stabbed in the back theory.” • Unemployment & inflation

  3. 1923 Munich Uprising – Hitler sent to jail; wrote Mein Kampf • 1932 Hitler became Chancellor • 1933 Reichstag fire • 1934 Fascist police state created

  4. Japanese Ambassador Tojo visited Germany in 1938 • Tokyo-Rome-Berlin Axis • Japan became a military dictatorship with Emperor by 1931

  5. Hitler & Chamberlain – appeasement • 1936: Rhineland • 1938: Austria & Sudetenland (w. region of Czechoslovakia) • 1938: Munich Conference • 1939 Czechoslovakia • 1939: Poland

  6. US declares Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, & 1937 • Appeasement: to temporarily satisfy • “Peace in our time!”

  7. 1937: US stopped selling gasoline & scrap metal to Japan • 1941: Tojo became Prime Minister • 1941: French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) taken by Japan • December 7, 1941, “A date which will live in infamy.”

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