The Causes of World War II

The Road to War-Manchuria to the Invasion of Russia
* There were many milestones leading to WWII. There were 4 big ones, however.
* Overall, the atmosphere in Europe was getting charged by Hitler
doing a lot of small and trivial actions, and a general atmosphere of
unrest.
* You had Japans invasion of Manchuria in 1931. Japan did this
because of their interest to industrialize, and Manchuria was rich in
natural resources. Japan used an explosion in Mukden of a Japanese
train to invade Manchuria. They took over Manchuria and made it into
a puppet state. The new state…