The Rise of the Dictators Mr. Riddlebarger World War II Erupts US Global Studies 10
Europe after World War I Death of Millions Destruction Economy challenges at end of World War I
Problems With Peace Treaty of Versailles (1919) France hopes Italy
German Outrage Germany suffered the most economy Humiliation political upheaval Serious inflation Weimar Republic
Totalitarian Leaders Arise New European leaders emerge Share what in common?
Mussolini and Birth of Fascism Italian Benito Mussolini Treaty of Versailles National Fascist Party Promises
Fascism symbolized unity & authority Fascism Extreme nationalism
“Anti-Individualistic, the Fascist conception of life Stresses the importance of the State and accepts The individual only in so far as his interests coincide With those of the State.” -Benito Mussolini & Geovani Gentile, The Doctrine of Fascism, 1932
Il Duce Mussolini suppression terror Secret Police (“Black Shirts”) and propaganda Hitler & Stalin Enrico Prampolini- “mussolini’s black shirt, 15 April 1919 http://www.usc.edu/programs/cst/deadfiles/lacasis/ansc100/library/images/737.jpg "Italy wants peace and quiet, work and calm. I will give these things with love if possible and with force if necessary.”
Hitler’s Rise To Power Background Weimar Republic Beer Hall Putsch
Rise of Hitler & Nazi Party Mein Kampf Nazi goals & ideology: Extreme nationalism Anti-Semitism Germans as superior master race, “Aryans” Prison time
Hitler as Chancellor 1933- Nazis Chancellor Fire in Reichstag Coalition government Fire in Reichstag Hindenburg dies
Nazi Rise to Power Effects of Depression Promises “the Brown Shirts” Like Mussolini, Hitler stresses nationalism & devotion to the state.
Other Regimes Spain- Francisco Franco In Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin (Fascism & communism are opposites)
Guernica from
Japan political & economic conflict Military violently takes control Nationalist dreams Invasion of Manchuria in 1931
Italians Take Ethiopia Mussolini orders invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 Bitter history Ethiopia is unable to resist Italians Others are unwilling to help Why? Another sign of the League’s weakness “It is collective security. It is the very existence of the League of Nations. It is the confidence that each State (country) is to place in international treaties. …it is international morality at stake.” Haile Selassie
Hitler Takes Action appeasement Defiance of Treaty of Versailles Re-armament Britain & French tolerance 1936- Rhineland. Hitler is emboldened. appeasement "If France had then marched into the Rhineland, we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs." - Hitler
The Anschluss 1938 Reaction Anschluss Map: http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/WW2tIMELINE/Prelude10.html
The Sudetenland Plans for Sudetenland Munich Conference Agreement “peace for our time.”
The Appeasement of Hitler
What countries? Rise of the Dictators