Mussolini's Response To Ww2

The world was plunged into World War 2 in 1939 because of the dictorial regimes that governed in Germany and Italy, as well as the military of Japan. These leaders took control after the Great Depression and they seeked for more power, which in this case was land and natural resources. To stop Hitler, Mussolini, and the military of Japan the French, British, and others appeased them because they feared another disastrous war like World War 1. However, I believe that the most effective way to have stopped the leaders would have been collective security. If the French, British, and others had chosen collective security the situation would have come out differently. As I previously mentioned, the leaders wanted more power. In the excerpt from …show more content…
For this reason, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia. At that time, Haile Selassie was the emperor of Ethiopia and when he was being attacked he looked upon the League of Nations for help. However, the League of Nations didn't help Haile Selassie and he said, " God and History will remember your judgement ....It is us today. It will be you tomorrow." To clarify in different terms, Selassie warned the League of Nations that they will be next and told them that they will regret not coming to assist Ethiopia. This was an opportunity to stop Mussolini and like Hitler, the opportunity was lost. In a way the League of Nations appeased Mussolini because they let him obtain what he desired, when the situation could have been confronted. Maybe the situation woud have been different if the League of Nations united with Ethiopia to defeat Mussolini. Given these points, collective security might have stopped Mussolini at that …show more content…
Japan intitiated with the invasion of Manchuria. The reason Japan seized Manchuria was to get a hold of the the natural resources it provided. In Chapter 11 from World History Modern Times, it says, "The United States refused to recognize the Japanese takeover of Manchuria but was unwilling to threaten force." In other words, the United States appeased Japan and let them get away with what they did. Moreover, the Japanese military headed towards Southeast Asia next for its raw materials and they demanded the right to exploit economic resources in French Indochina. However, in doing so, the Japanese would risk war not only with the United States but with Europe as well. The United States warned Japan with economic sanctions if they continued with the invasion of Southeast Asia. The Japanese needed those resources that economic sanction cut off therefore, Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States in December 7, 1941. Consequently, the United States was pulled into the war. Looking back, maybe if the United States had gathered with other powers to stop Japan at the beginning when it was invading Manchuria, they might have avoided this whole