1. Beginning of WWII

2. WWI end to WWII beginning
Germany felt that the war guilt clause was unfair
Lost overseas colonies which meant no raw goods to fuel local economy
Reparations were impossible to pay
League of Nations was weak
Weak govt. (Weimar Republic)
Used to autocratic leadership

3. Help comes slowly Treaty of Locarno Dawes Plan
France and Germany define their borders
Dawes Plan
The US in 1924 offer a 200 million dollar loan to Germany and ease the burden of Reparations
Rentenmark replaces Mark

4. Soviet Union Who led? What changes were made? Stalin
Takes away private property (collectivization)
Communist (form of socialism)
Marxist –sudden violent overthrow of
The government by the proletariat
5 year plan: take over of farms and factories but millions of people starve to death as a result

5. Germany Who led? What changes were made? Adolf Hitler
Builds an army of Nazi’s (political party) SS (military elite)
A lot of public works projects to help out and give people jobs
Supports Aryans (white blonde blue eyed group of Germans)
Anti Jew- Holocaust (killed 6 million Jews and other non Aryans)
Fuherer establish the third Reich
Lebensraum: Living Space
Book of main ideas= Mein Kampf

6. Italy Who led? What changes were made? Benito Mussolini Fascist
After WWI they get nothing
Uses his army and establishes the Black Shirts (his army) march on Rome and take the government by force

7. Spain Who led? What changes were made? Francesco Franco Fascist
Gains help from Hitler and Mussolini
This is the first time they become friends

8. America What changes were made?
FDR started the New Deal to assist with the Great Depression
2nd New Deal intensified govt. spending and offered millions of jobs to Americans
Govt. involvement increases

9. Quiz 1. What are reparations?
2. Who became the fascist dictator of Spain?
3. Who was known as the man of steel and used his 5 year plans to take over industrialization?
4. Who became Fuhrer and established the Third Reich?
5. Who established the Fascist party in 1921 and led the black shirts?