HIST 020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Spanish Civil War, Wehrmacht, Munich Agreement
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Soviet against colonialism and support national self determination. Western powers respond passively and seen as weakness by other powers. 1938 announced union implemented by german nazi army. Sought by mussolini however was defeated by african army. Ethiopians armed by the british and french as countermeasures to of italian. Communist-internationalist create alliance with liberals against nazis. League of nations irrelevant: german rearmament, german-austrian union , italian invasion of ethiopia growth, spanish civil war- dress rehearsal for wwii, munich crisis, appeasement . 1931-1935 diverse interests of the country creates chaos. 1936-1939 spanish civil war won by franco. = divides the world into fascists vs. non-fascists. The popular front supported with supply by mexico and communists. French and british capitulate to hitler in meeting. 1938 sudetenland germans in czech influenced by nazis. German, italy, french, and british officials come together. Agreed to the annexation of the sudetenland. Strong pacifist opinion in democratic powers is what allowed appeasement.
