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World War Looms. Failures of WWI Peace Settlement. Treaty of Versailles caused anger and resentment Germans saw nothing fair Did not lead to a “world safe for democracy” as Wilson had hoped. Stalin Transforms Soviet Union. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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World War Looms

World War LoomsFailures of WWI Peace SettlementTreaty of Versailles caused anger and resentmentGermans saw nothing fairDid not lead to a world safe for democracy as Wilson had hoped

Stalin Transforms Soviet Union1922 hopes for democracy gave way to civil war which resulted in the rise of the Soviet UnionStalin wanted to create a model communist stateAbolished all privately owned farms and replaced them with collectives (large government-owned farms each worked by hundreds of families)

Stalins goal was to transform the USSR into a great industrial powerAll economic activity was controlled by the govtBy 1937, The Soviet Union was the second largest industrial power

Stalin lets nothing stand in his way of complete powerThe total will never be known it is estimated that Stalin was responsible for more than 8 million deathsBy 1939 Stalin had firmly established a totalitarian governmentRise of Fascism in ItalyBenito Mussolini established a totalitarian regime in ItalyA powerful speaker Mussolini appealed to the Italians national prideBy 1921, Mussolini established the Fascist partyFascism stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state over the individual

Calling himself Il Duce the leader Mussolini achieved total control by crushing all oppositionAdolf Hitler and Nazi GermanyIn 1919, Hitler was jobless, drifting around GermanyHe joined the National Socialist German Workers Party

Beer Hall PutschHitler and 600 members of the Stormtroopers or (SA) meet in a Beer Hall in MunichHitler claimed that "The national revolution has broken out. The hall is surrounded.Hitler captured two high ranking military officials and made them claim support for his new regime

Hitler then left the Beer Hall and marched on Berlin, claiming to be the rightful new ruler of GermanyHitler made one fatal flaw however, he released the officials who then warned Berlin and squashed the Nazis first attempt to overtake powerHitler in JailDuring Hitlers time in jail he wrote a book known as Mein Kampf (My Struggle)In his book he set forth the beliefs of Nazism that became the plan of action for the Nazi PartyHitler called for lebensraum (Living Space)to secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth

Der FuhrerThe Great Depression helped the Nazis come to powerBy 1932 some 6 million Germans were unemployed German people were desperate and turned to Hitler as their last hopeIn 1933 Hitler was appointed ChancellorOnce in power Hitler quickly got rid of the Weimer RepublicIn its place he established the Third Reich or Third German Empire which would last for 1,000 yearsJapanMilitarists launch a surprise attack and seize control of Manchuria in 1931The League of Nations was sent out to try and bring peace Condemned the act so Japan just quit the leagueLeague of Nations falls apartGermany pulls out of the League of nations in 1933In 1935 Der Fuhrer begins to build up a military in violation of the Treaty of VersaillesHitler then sent troops into the Rhineland, a region bordering Germany in France and Belgium The League did nothing to stop Hitler

Mussolini began building his new Roman EmpireHis first target was EthiopiaWhen the raid started the Leagues response was ineffectiveA slap on Italys wrist through boycottSpanish Civil WarIn 1936, Francisco Franco rebelled against the Spanish republic3,000 Americans formed the Abraham Lincoln Battalion and traveled to Spain to fight against FrancoItaly and Germany back Franco and the spread of Fascism This formed a formal alliance between the two known as the Rome-Berlin Axis