1. FRABSI: The Causes of WWII

2. FRABSI FASCISM

3. The Origin….
Originally, the term "fascism" (fascismo) was used by the political movement that ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini.
Later, fascism became a broader term that was used to cover a whole class of authoritarian political ideologies.

4. FASCES….
The traditional Roman fasces consisted of a bundle of birch rods tied together with a red ribbon as a cylinder around an axe. One interpretation of the symbolism suggests that despite the fragility of each independent single rod, as a bundle they exhibit strength.

5. Mussolini & Italian Fascism
Mussolini forms the fascist party and Marches on Rome with the Blackshirts (his goons) and demanded the government turn over power.
King Emmanuel of Italy does rather than risk a civil war

6. FaSCISM CHARACTERISTICS…..
ULTRA-NATIONALISTIC- Good of the state is more important than the individual
MILITARISTIC- Paramilitary youth groups
IMPERIALISTIC – Want to invade and conquer other territories
SYMBOLISM & Rituals – Parades and speeches
DICTATORSHIP – One man rules party, the party rules the country
CAPITALIST – Govt. controls how private business is run.

8. ADOLF hitler…. A few points
Adolf Hitler was born in the small Austrian town of Braunau near the German border.
Hitler's main interest at school was art. Hitler told his father that instead of joining the civil service he was going to become an artist.
He was shattered when the Vienna Academy of Art rejected his application.
Hitler blames Jews and communists for the great depression
Became chancellor in 1933 and president in 1934 – used title of Der Fuhrer (leader)
He nazified Germany in the 1930s – removing any opposition

9. Why Is Germany in a Bad Way?
Inflation – can’t pay back all the reparations
Germany mark is worthless – takes 12 million to buy 1 Canadian dollar

11. Germans are VERY upset, government trashes money and many are left destitute
French are occupying their land (Ruhr Valley)
Depression
Unemployment

12. What Did Hitler Do for Germany?
Network of motorways (new jobs and a more efficient Germany)
Increased the numbers in the army, airforce & navy (against TOV)
Stopped reparations once president – put that money into the economy
Hitler gave money to families that had more than 4 children
Investments in the car industry (Volkswagen/BMW)
Higher prices to farmers for their produce
Women are ‘different but not inferior’ – they should be the mothers and caregivers of the master race
Destroyed trade unions….kept wages low
Berlin Olympics
Lebensraum

13. "The weak must be chiselled away
"The weak must be chiselled away. I want young men and women who can suffer pain. A young German must be as swift as a greyhound, as tough as leather, and as hard as Krupp's steel."
-- Adolf Hitler

14. FRABSI REPARATIONS

15. Leads to Depression & unemployment
1921 American Political Cartoon

16. FRABSI APPEASEMENT

17. Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain promises Hitler Austria & Czechoslovakia but NO Poland
Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with.

18. Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939

19. FRABIS BLAME

20. TREATY OF VERSAILLES
War guilt clause

21. FRABSI SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION PACT

22. The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, 1939
Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop & Molotov

23. FRABSI INVASION OF POLAND

24. Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]
Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939
Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]

25. German Troops March into Warsaw

26. The
War
Begins!
- Britain declares war on Germany for invading Poland on Sept