UNIT 10: SECOND WORLD WAR CAUSES Protectionism during Great Depression R e j e c t i n f g o f t h e T r e a t y o f V e r s a i l l e s E xp a ns io nis m Appeasement policies The failure of the League of Nation s Japan invad ed Manc hur ia Italy invaded Abyssinia Pact between Germany and Italy Annexation of Austria and occupation of Sudenten by Germany G e r m a n y i n v a d e d C z e c h o s l o v a k i a G erman y inv a de s P oland