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PRELUDE TO WAR

PRELUDE TO WAR. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR TWO IN EUROPE. CONDITIONS IN POSTWAR EUROPE. 1919-1929: Years of Turmoil POLITICAL – newly created nations and a shaky republic in Germany ECONOMIC – inflation, destruction of cities, massive national debts

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PRELUDE TO WAR

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  1. PRELUDE TO WAR CAUSES OF WORLD WAR TWO IN EUROPE

  2. CONDITIONS IN POSTWAR EUROPE 1919-1929: Years of Turmoil • POLITICAL – newly created nations and a shaky republic in Germany • ECONOMIC – inflation, destruction of cities, massive national debts • SOCIAL – discontent, disillusionment, entire generation of men dead or maimed

  3. TURN TO . . . DICTATORSHIP: Type of Autocracy with one ruler in charge (usually takes power by force) • Authoritarian – only political control over the government • Totalitarian – complete control over all aspects of the nation and the lives of the people (ESP) Hitler and Mussolini gained power legally – citizens allowed them to become totalitarian – why?

  4. Types of Totalitarianism FASCISM: 1.State more important than people 2. Retain market economy but with govt. control 3. Charismatic Leadership 4.Extreme Nationalism 5. Extreme Militarism 6. Charismatic Leadership 7. Lot of Pomp and Circumstance 8. Heavy use of Propaganda and Censorship

  5. Types of Totalitarianism NAZISM: • Includes all the elements of Fascism • Adds an additional element of racial and ethnic superiority and unity www.answers.com

  6. TOTALITARIAN SYMBOLS FASCES • Chosen by Italy’s Mussolini • Bundle of rods bound around an ax • Was the ancient Roman symbol of authority profile.myspace.com

  7. TOTALITARIAN SYMBOLS SWASTIKA • Chosen by Germany’s Hitler • Ancient Aryan symbol of the sun • Aryans - ancient Indo-Europeans • Means to “create well-being” www.bkmarcus.com

  8. www.answers.com M U S S O L I N I H I T L E R The AXIS Leaders

  9. Adolph Hitler 1933-1945 Germany Goals: Revenge for the Treaty of Versailles Lebensraum Purify the Aryan Race Restore Germany to the times of the Holy Roman Empire and Bismarck (1st and 2ndReichs) Stabilize the economy during the Great Depression Benito Mussolini 1922-1945 Italy Goals: Shortchanged by the Treaty of Versailles Deal with the inefficiency of the government of Italy Restore Italy to the greatness of the Roman Empire Search for colonies The AXIS Leaders

  10. OTHER TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTS Spanish Civil War (1936-37) • Francisco Franco • Fascist nationalists backed by GER/IT • Democratic republicans were backed by Russia • 1M Spaniards died www.masonicinfo.com

  11. OTHER TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTS Josef Stalin • Took over USSR in 1929 • Totalitarian and Communist • Hated the Fascists although very much like them • Will join the Allies www.cyberussr.com

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