World War II prelude

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historical period phase of international relations

World War II prelude refers to the tense interwar period of escalating political crises, territorial aggressions, and diplomatic failures that directly set the stage for the outbreak of the Second World War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
World War II prelude canonical	2
World War II outbreak	1
outbreak of World War II	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ phase of international relations ⓘ
characterizedBy	arms races ⓘ breakdown of international order ⓘ diplomatic failures ⓘ escalating political crises ⓘ territorial aggression ⓘ
directlyPrecedes	German invasion of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicScope	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ global ⓘ
hasCause	economic instability after World War I ⓘ failure of collective security ⓘ global impact of the Great Depression ⓘ policy of appeasement by Britain and France ⓘ rise of totalitarian regimes ⓘ unresolved grievances from the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ weakness of the League of Nations ⓘ
hasEndTime	1939 ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Abyssinia Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Anglo-German Naval Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ Anschluss of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ Anti-Comintern Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ German occupation of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ German ultimatum to Poland over Danzig ⓘ German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian invasion of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese invasion of China proper in 1937 NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese invasion of Manchuria NERFINISHED ⓘ London Naval Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi–Soviet Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ Pact of Steel NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Naval Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ failure of the League of Nations ⓘ formation of the Rome–Berlin Axis ⓘ occupation of the Sudetenland ⓘ policy of appeasement ⓘ remilitarization and expansion of the Wehrmacht ⓘ remilitarization of the Rhineland ⓘ rise of Nazism in Germany ⓘ rise of fascism in Italy ⓘ rise of militarism in Japan ⓘ withdrawal of Germany from the League of Nations ⓘ withdrawal of Japan from the League of Nations ⓘ
hasMainParticipant	China NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStartTime	1918 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Czechoslovak Republic → historicalEra → World War II prelude ⓘ

Polish Corridor → relatedToEvent → World War II prelude ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II outbreak

German annexation of the Free City of Danzig → hasEffect → World War II prelude ⓘ

this entity surface form: outbreak of World War II

Slovak–Hungarian War → conflict → World War II prelude ⓘ