Italy was not happy with the Treaty of Versailles.
- Italy was promised Fiume during WWI, but was not given it.
- After WWI, Italy took Fiume by force.
- Purpose was to avoid another naval race and improve relations between the US and Japan
- Long-term economic cause of WWII: Economic competition between US, Japan, and Great Britain in the Pacific
- Japan, US, and GB agree to limit the size of their navies.
- Japan agrees to have its navy be 3/5 the size of the navies of US and GB
- Germany and GB both built up navies before WWI (example of militarism)
- Japan allowed to keep former German colonies in the Pacific
- Western powers agreed not to build any more naval bases near Japan
- 1922- US, GB, Japan agree to protect China's neutrality
- US and GB were suspicious of Japanese expansion
Causes of WWI that relate to causes of WWII
- Autocracy– Kaiser Wilhelm, Hitler
- Militarism– Naval race between GB and Germany before WWI, US and Japan before WWII
- Secret Agreements– Alliances before WWI, Hitler's Anschluss with Austria before WWII
- Colonialism–
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