The German occupation of Rhineland
The Italian invasion of Ethiopia
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The German occupation of Austria
The German invasion of Poland.
Which one of these precipitated World War II
2007-03-23 04:39:05 · 9 answers · asked by s..... 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It was the German invasion of Poland.
All of the other events you mentioned happened, but none of them had a reaction other than the League of Nations (a precursor to the United Nations) saying that they shouldn't do that and the next time something like that happens, we will get serious.
Shortly after the invasion of Poland, France and Britain declared war. It took Hitler less than a month to take over Poland, with a little bit of help from Russia. And even with the French and British war declaration, nothing really happened until the next spring. That fall and winter after the fall of Poland was known as the "Phony War".
2007-03-23 10:56:19 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin C 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The German invasion of Poland.
2007-03-24 07:03:46 · answer #2 · answered by Rat_Killer62 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The German invasion of Poland
2007-03-23 04:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by kung_pete 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The German invasion of Poland lit the powderkeg but the rest did not help matters as well.
2007-03-23 04:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The invasion of Poland is marked as the start of WWII .....BUT....one may argue that Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia allowed Hitler to see that the League of Nations was ineffectual and therefore, that he could also be aggressive and take territory without repercussions from the democratic nations of the world.
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2007-03-23 13:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the german invasion of poland
2007-03-23 04:43:13 · answer #6 · answered by charles h 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
German invasion of Poland.
For lots of information on WWII go to www.history.com
2007-03-23 04:45:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the german invasion of poland in 1939 "started" WWII
2007-03-23 04:41:36 · answer #8 · answered by Phil Magroin 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
pratically all the above really.
2007-03-23 04:47:25 · answer #9 · answered by chuck h 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋