How Did Spain Cause Ww2

Leading up to September 1939 when World War II began, tensions were building worldwide. Japan, which had originally prospered economically after World War I was eventually hit by the Great Depression and with that, public discontent. Along with this, Japan at the time began to increase efforts towards their colonization of China. While originally their efforts were publicly condemned by the League of Nations, Japan found a way around that through the Mukden incident. This consisted of Japan intentionally rising agressions with China so they could officially declare war. This allowed the japanese to gain footing and land, and eventually led to their conquer of Manchuria. This process was also a demonstration of their guerilla tactics, especially in the Nanjing massacre in which the soldiers
Fascist governments were beginning to emerge in Spain, Italy, and Germany which were characterized by their nationalistic, militaristic, xenophobic values. One of the first to emerge was Spain. After the Spanish civil war, a strong leader Francisco Franco emerged who promoted fascist values. What separates Spain from the others is that it did not participate in WWII and remained a neutral power. On the other hand the development of Italy as a fascist power originates post WWI. Post-war Italy was promised land and power from the Allies, when they did not receive it they began to take action in their own hands. At this point Benito Mussolini began to rise in power, his ability to take action allowed him to gain popularity. An example is found in Italo-Ethiopian war, the allies had promised Italy land and had not given, so Italy took over Ethiopia. The League of Nations was unable to stop it which reaffirmed other nations confidence in disobeying them. The success of the war also had the effect of increasing Mussolini’s popularity, and the popularity of fascism