World War II Europe’s got issues

WWI causing problems again  Treaty of Versailles (WWI edition)  Unfair to some  Border and oversea colonies lost  War debts  Democracies fail  Depression thrives under these govts  Past of authoritarians influences future in several countries  Nationalism-pride in one’s country

Soviet Union  Lenin dies in 1924-no successor named in system  “Man of steel” Joseph Stalin in running, lead after he has competition wiped out  Five yr plans gave govt. control of fields/manufacturing-becomes world power in industry  8-13 million die under his rule  Totalitarian form of govt by ’39, ruled with fear fueled by his paranoia

Fascism  Italy  Mussolini, backer of strikes led to fight unemployment and inflation  Middle/upper class needs a leader, and he throws strikes under bus  1922-marches on Rome with Black Shirts  Il Duce- the leader, promoted country and nation over individual

 Germany  Hitler-soldier in WWI-Der Fuhrer, leader of Nazi party.  Mein Kampf-written while in prison to outline his ideas on lebensraum, Aryan race, and love of country over all else.  Also used depression, brown shirts or storm troopers, and excellent speaking to appeal to public  Promised Third Reich to be a thousand year Reich

 Spain and Africa  Fascism branches out to Spain in 1936 and Francisco Franco  Why is this important?  Italy and Mussolini attack Ethiopia  How does this impact the rest of the globe?

Japan  Militaristic form of government  Once again nationalism plays a role  Living space also a belief of Japanese  Invasion of Manchuria in 1931 a result  League of Nations condemns Japan…way to go League of Nations  Hideki Tojo

The U.S.  We don’t care  Anti-war fervor through the US  Girl Scouts change their uniforms!  Isolationism policy maintained  Neutrality acts of 1935 ban us from trading arms or loaning them to other nations  We could use the $ though…  No war declaration in China, so ship ‘em what we got