Unit 3 Test Study Notes The Rise of Fascism * Italy: Benito Mussolini (Il Duce‚ the leader) first totalitarian dictatorship * 1919 started fascism movement; fascism: revolt against democratic values‚ including equality and individual freedom; to believe in state above all else & complete totalitarianism * Following WWI Italians punished allies Germany; Great Depression very negative * Benito Mussolini founded Italian Fascist Party‚ prime minister 1922; promptly turned Italy dictatorship
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Depression. The more support he obtained‚ the more power he gained. Hitler’s power allowed him to ignore the rules of the Treaty of Versailles and Britain and France weren’t compelled to stop him in order to prevent a war. After Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland‚ war was declared upon Germany by Britain and France. The fragile state of
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• World War II started on the third of September 1939 and ended in April 1945. Over these years the were many significant events in World War Two such as Germany declaring war on the U.S and the invasion of Poland. A few that is of some importance that will be discussed in detail in following are the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbour‚ when Germany surrenders after Hitler commits suicide and when the U.S drops a bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. • The attack on Pearl Harbour was a horrific ordeal
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The Second World War began with Hitler’s attack on Poland in 1939 and ended with the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. During these six years many battles were fought in both the European and Pacific theatre that led to the success of the Allies and to the collapse of the Axis Powers. On September 1 1939 Hitler attacked Poland and two days later Britain and France declared war. For the next five months little military action was taken and this period was named ’the Phony War’. However‚ in April
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appeasement Immediate: Invasion of Poland (9.1. 1939) and Pearl Harbor (12. 7. 1941) | War | Western Front: Schlieffen Plan fail‚ Trench Warfare‚ Entry of USA Eastern Front: Austria & Germany V.S. Russia‚ Russian withdrawalWar at Sea: Allies: blockade‚ open trade routes‚ transport military‚ convoy systemCentral: mines‚ submarines (u-boat)‚ unrestricted submarine warfarePractices:Navy‚ submarines‚ trench warfare‚ poison gas‚ tanks | Phase I (1939~1940): invasion of Poland‚ Phony War‚ Dunkirk
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Causes of World War II The culmination of events that led to World War II are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These military aggressions were the decisions made by authoritarian ruling elites in Germany and Japan. World War II started after these aggressive actions were met with an official declaration of war and/or armed resistance. In the aftermath of World War I‚ a defeated Germany signed
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Civil War as a dress rehearsal for WWII D. by 1939 Spain became a Fascist dictatorship German Aggression A. Germany annexes Austria B. Hitler wanted the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia to be given Autonomy C. Munich Conference 1. was a meeting held to decide what to do about the sudetenland 2. the western democracies forced czechoslavakia to give up the Sudetenland in return for Hitler’s promise of no more s invasions D. Hitler broke his agreement and invaded the
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January 28 The Council decides in favour of the League ’s participation in the 1939 New York World ’s Fair. January 29 Adoption of a new Statute for the Communications and Transit Organization. February 7-10 Conclusion by Diplomatic Conference (President: Mr. Loudon‚ The Netherlands) of a Convention concerning the Status of Refugees
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Tanjong Katong Secondary School Secondary Four History Elective Chapter 6: War in Europe* How was Germany responsible for the outbreak of WWII? Hitler’s foreign policy aims: • Hitler wanted to make Germany ____ again by having a _________ and regaining the ____ lost by TOV. • Wanted all German- speaking people to live together in one country called _____________. • Felt that Germany’s growing population needed more room to live and grow food. He called this ___________
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On September 1st‚ 1939 Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. France and Britain declared war on Germany about two days later. Germany begin to invade countries such as Poland‚ Norway‚ and Denmark. On June 14th‚ 1940 Germany invaded Paris‚ a new government was formed by Marshal Philippe Petain who requested an armistice two nights later. France was then divided into two zones. One zone under German military occupation and the other zone under Petain’s government‚ installed at Vichy. Hitler begin to focus
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