1. World War II
Axis Aggression

2. Hossbach
Memorandum
• November 5, 1937
• written down 5 days later
• a secret meeting between Hitler
and his generals outlining the
current economic and social
situations, and planning for war

3. The Axis Powers
• Germany – Adolf Hitler
• Italy – Benito Mussolini
• Japan – Emperor Hirohito

4. Hitler’s Economic
Policies
• broke the Treaty of Versailles
–reoccupied the Rhineland
–German rearmament
(manufacturing jobs)
• consolidated labor unions

5. German Problem
• lebensraum – “living space”
–German necessity for survival
–banned by Treaty of Versailles
• unfair for Germany
• Hossbach Memorandum

6. Appeasement
• giving in to aggressive demands
in order to maintain peace
• Europe sat idly by
–reoccupation of the Rhineland
–Anschluss – annexation of Austria
–Sudeten Crisis

7. Munich Conference
• September 1938
• Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini, Da
ladier
• Chamberlain
–“I believe it is peace for our time.”

9. Timeline
• Ch. 14, Sec. 1 (pg. 437-440)
–German Rearmament
–Hossbach Memorandum
–Reoccupation of the Rhineland
–Anschluss (Annexation of Austria)
–Sudeten Crisis
–Non-aggression Pact