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The road to war — Concept Maps
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4 concept maps of The road to war for ICSE Class 12 History, each also written out as a text outline. Part of the ICSE Class 12 History syllabus.
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The Road to War: Chapter Overview Mind Map
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- Road to War
- Great Depression 1929
- US isolationism
- Rise of militarism
- Fascism strengthened
- Japan
- Mukden Incident 1931
- Manchuria seized
- Sino-Japanese War 1937
- Dark Valley 1931-41
- Germany
- Hitler Chancellor 1933
- Lebensraum ideology
- Rearmament programme
- Rhineland 1936
- Anschluss 1938
- Sudetenland Munich 1938
- Prague March 1939
- Poland September 1939
- Italy
- Mussolini Fascist regime
- Opposes Anschluss 1934
- Abyssinia invasion 1935
- Rome-Berlin Axis 1936
- Pact of Steel 1939
- Collective Security Fails
- League of Nations weak
- Manchuria unpunished
- Abyssinia sanctions useless
- Stresa Front collapses
- Appeasement
- Chamberlain PM 1937
- Munich Conference 1938
- Sudetenland transferred
- Collapsed March 1939
- Soviet Union
- Stalin consolidates power
- Rapid rearmament
- Nazi-Soviet Pact 1939
- Poland fate sealed
- USA
- Isolationism deep
- Neutrality Acts passed
- Quarantine Speech 1937
- Unable to deter Hitler
- Great Depression 1929
The Road to War: Key Events 1929-1939
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- 1929
- Wall Street Crash - Great Depression begins
- 1931
- Japan invades Manchuria - League fails to act
- 1933
- Hitler becomes Chancellor - Germany leaves League
- 1934
- Hitler-Poland Non-Aggression Pact signed
- 1935
- Stresa Front formed - Italy invades Abyssinia
- 1935
- Anglo-German Naval Agreement - Stresa Front broken
- 1936
- Rhineland remilitarized - No Western response
- 1936
- Rome-Berlin Axis - Spanish Civil War begins
- 1937
- Japan invades China - Sino-Japanese War begins
- 1937
- Hossbach Conference - Hitler reveals war plans
- 1938
- Anschluss - Germany unites with Austria
- 1938
- Munich Conference - Sudetenland handed to Germany
- 1939
- Prague occupied - Appeasement abandoned
- 1939
- Nazi-Soviet Pact signed - Poland's fate sealed
- 1939
- Germany invades Poland - World War II begins
Major Events on the Road to War (1931-1939)
The map in words
- 1931
- Japan invades Manchuria
- 1933
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
- 1933
- Germany withdraws from League of Nations
- 1935
- Italy invades Abyssinia
- 1935
- Anglo-German Naval Agreement
- 1936
- Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland
- 1936
- Spanish Civil War begins
- 1936
- Rome-Berlin Axis formed
- 1937
- Japan launches full-scale invasion of China
- 1938
- Anschluss union of Germany and Austria
- 1938
- Munich Conference on Sudetenland crisis
- 1939
- Germany occupies rest of Czechoslovakia
- 1939
- Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed
- 1939
- Germany invades Poland on September 1
The breakdown of international peace between 1931 and 1939 through aggression, appeasement, alliance-making, and the failure of collective security
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- The breakdown of international peace between 1931 and 1939 through aggression, appeasement, alliance-making, and the failure of collective security
- Japan in Manchuria
- Hitler's rise and rearmament
- Stresa Front and its collapse
- Italian aggression under Mussolini
- Spanish Civil War
- Germany's expansion in 1936 to 1938
- British appeasement under Chamberlain
- United States isolationism and Roosevelt's caution
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What are the important topics in The road to war for ICSE Class 12 History?
Key topics in The road to war include Background: why international peace became fragile, Japan and the first major act of aggression, Stalin and the Soviet response to danger, Germany under Hitler: revision, rearmament, and expansion. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the ICSE Class 12 board exam.
What do the concept maps for The road to war show?
The 4 maps show how the ideas in The road to war connect: The Road to War: Chapter Overview Mind Map; The Road to War: Key Events 1929-1939. Each map is also written out as an outline on this page.
How should I revise The road to war for the ICSE Class 12 board exam?
Learn the core ideas first, then work through the 45 practice questions on The road to war. Revise definitions regularly and use flashcards for quick recall before the exam.
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