1. WWII: Storm Clouds Gather
Chapter 24 Part 1

2. Italian Fascism Italy disappointed after WWI.
Switched to _______ side; expected to get ______ but did not.
1920s: ________ rising through power.
1922: ________ seized control.
Mussolini changed the government into a ___________ state.
Followers called him Il Duce (__________).

3. What is fascism?
Fascism = a form of government that promotes the _______ (federal government) over the ___________.

4. Japanese Militarism Japan’s industrial and military power ________.
Emperor ________ was the supreme leader of Japan, but it was the ___________ that controlled domestic and foreign policy.
Military leaders believed Japan deserved more global recognition.
They convinced the Japanese people that it was the ______________ that had prevented Japan from being recognized.

5. Japanese Militarism
After WWI, Japan in control of some formerly-German islands in the Pacific.
1931: Japan fortified these islands and used them as bases to attack _________.
America __________ this as it defied the League of Nations policies.
Some American pilots went to help the Chinese fight off the Japanese.
Created a small division of an air force called the “___________”.
Easily recognizable because they flew airplanes with the noses painted to look like a shark’s mouth.

6. Flying Tigers

7. German Nazism
__________ rose to power in Germany by promising a bright future for Germans.
Called for ________ against the ___________________.
Blamed _____ for the economic failures of Germany.
Declared that Germans were descendants of an ancient bloodline that made them a better _____ than other nations.
Hitler created the political party called the Socialist German Workers Party … what we call the _________.

8. German Nazism (Side Note)
Could people have known Hitler’s intentions?
Absolutely. Hitler wrote a book while imprisoned before coming to power. Book called Mein Kampf or My Struggle. In it, Hitler laid out his beliefs and plans on how to create a Nazi state.
...the personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew. -Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)
And so he [the Jew] advances on his fatal road until another force comes forth to oppose him, and in a mighty struggle hurls the heaven-stormer back to Lucifer. Germany is today the next great war aim of Bolshevism. It requires all the force of a young missionary idea to raise our people up again, to free them from the snares of this international serpent Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)

9. The United States
Recognized the increasing threat of Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Policy was still __________—let them deal with their own problems.
President Roosevelt wanted to get America involved in foreign affairs, but Americans strongly opposed this idea.
_______________ struggling; Roosevelt used them to make progress in bringing America around.
Initiated the “_____________” – offering assistance but not marching in and taking control.