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Fascism in Italy
One of Europe's first dictarorships arose in Italy. Benito Mussolini founded Italy's Fascist Party. Facism was an aggressive nationlistic movement that consdered the nation more important thean the individuals. Fascists believed that a dictator leading a strong government would bring order in society. They also beliveved buliding a empire was the way to make a great nation. -
Nazis March On City Hal
The Nazi party tried to seize power by marching on the city hall in Munich, Germany. Hitler intended to seze power locally and then march on Berlin, the German capital, but the plan failed. The Nazi party was banned for a time, and hitler was arrested where then he wote Mein Kampf. -
Stalin Takes Over the USSR
1926, Stailin had become the new soviet dictator. He began a massive effort to industrialize his country, using Five-Year Plans. Stalin Tolerated no opposition, targeting not only political enemies but also artists and intellectuals. Durning the late 1930's, the USSR was a nation of internal terrorism, withnpublic trials that featuired forced confessions. A new constitution, passed in 1936, promised many freedooms but was never enforced. Stalin also used concentration camps. -
Militarists Control Japan
Japan could not earn enough money from its exprots to pay for its imports, which limited econimic growth. Depression then struck Japan. Many Japanese military officers blamed the country's problems on corrupt ploiticians. Most officers believed that Japan was destined to dominate East Asia and saw democracy as "un-Japanese" and bad for the country. The Japanese army invaded Manchuria. -
Growing Of the Nazi Party
After Hitler was relesed from jail, he changed his tactics. Instead of trying to seize power violently, he focused on getting Nazis elected to the Richstag, the lower house of the German parliment. when the Great depression hit Germant, many Germans became desperate and voted for radical parties, such as the Nazis and communists. By 1932, the Nazis were the largest party in the Reichstage. The following year, the German president appointed Hitler as chancellor. -
Neutrality Act of 1935
Italin and German aggression increased under Mussolini and Hitler. Worried that the actions of these nations might lead to war, Congress passed the Nutrality Act of 1935. This legislating made it illegal for americans to sell arms to any country at war. -
Munich Conference
Representatives of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany agreed to meet in Munich to decide Czechoslovakia's fate. At the Munich Conference,Britain and France agreed to Hitler's demands, a policy that came to be known as appeasement. -
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
The nonaggresion pact signed by Germany and the USSR, shocked the world. Communism and Nazism were suppose to be tptally apposed to each other. Leaders in Britain and France inderstood, however, that Hitler had made the deal to free himself for war against their countries and Poland. They didn't know that is also agreed to divide Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union. Germany invaded Poland. Britian and France declared war on Germany.
