Fascism

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Fascism
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Roman Symbol of Power(The Fascistibundle of
sticks)
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Fascist Beliefs

• Extreme nationalism
• Only the strong survive
• Government directs the economy
• Regimentation of society All citizens become a
  soldier for the cause
• One leader and one political party
• Unlike communism, property and social classes
  have their place

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MussoliniItaly1922
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Marches on Rome and Assumes Powerhttp//www.youtu
be.com/watch?vZQ6HGYk2RcA
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Il Dulce
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Masculine Aspect of FascismPlay Mussolini youtube
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Hitler Takes Control Germany1933-1945

• 1933 Nazis Take Power Burning of the
  Reichstag
• 1934 Enabling Act complete authority
• Puts millions of Germans to work
• War on Jews
• 1935 Nuremberg Laws
• 1938 Crystal Night
• 1941 Final Solution

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Hitler Defies the Treaty
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Appeasement and theThe Destruction of Versailles

• 1933 Germany starts militarization
• 1936 Marches on The Rhineland

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Spanish Civil War 1931- 1939

• Republicans- Liberals - Leftist

• Nationalists Fascists- Franco- Till 1975

• Communist element destroys unity
• Attack on church politically fatal

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Guernica 1936 Hitler and Mussolini aid Franco
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Germany Annexes Austria

• 1938

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World Drifts Toward War

• 1930s Japan steps-up Invasion of china play
• Racially Superior in Asia
• China Raw Materials
• Rape of Nanjing
• USA-Japan Collide in the Pacific
• Hawaii
• Philippines

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On The Road To War

• Many Germans in The Sudetenland- Hitler Moves to
  protect German blood
• And LebensraumLiving Space

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The Munich Conference1938
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ChamberlainWe have peace in our time
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Six Months Later

• Hitler rolls in his tanks to take most
  Czechoslovakia

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Non Aggression Pact

• Hitler and Stalin agree not to go war if
• Germany invades Poland

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September Germany Invades Poland

• The Blitzkrieg Lighting War
• WWII Begins September 1st 1939. England and
  France declare war on Germany
• USA will not enter until Dec 8th 1941
• Two and one half years after the war begins

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Hitler The Great War lord

• The Conquest of Poland
• Hitler, without a threat of the Soviet Union will
  attack Poland
• Stalin will get half of Poland

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Japan Expands Their Empire
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The Axis PowersBy 1940 Japan, Italy and Germany
were allied