1. World War Looms
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2. Dictators Threaten World Peace Stalin in Soviet Union
1927, Stalin launches plan to create true socialist country. (industrial nation)
Elimination of private enterprise
Everything is state-owned
Established centralized totalitarian government – individuals have no rights

3. Soviet Union

4. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the helm. 1930s Soviet propaganda poster.

5. Dictators, Cont. Mussolini in Italy
1919, Benito Mussolini established a totalitarian government in Italy.
Beginning of fascism – strong, centralized government headed by strong dictator.
Many fearing spread of communism became strong supporters of fascism.

7. Mussolini Hitler and Mussolini
Mussolini makes a meal of Africa. After invasion of Ethiopia in 1935

8. Mussolini – “The Man Who Took the Lid Off”- 1935 British Cartoon

9. Dictators, cont. Hitler in Germany
Established Nazism – extreme nationalism
Dreamed of “Master Race” – blue-eyed, blond-haired Aryans.
National militaristic expansion
Third Reich

10. Hitler

12. Dictators, Cont. Tojo in Japan
National militaristic expansion
Surprise invasions of China and Manchuria

13. Tojo
Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II

14. Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco was a Spanish military leader who ruled as the dictator of Spain from 1939-until his death. Almost 40 years.

15. United States Responds
1935, Congress passes Neutrality Acts
Outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war
Banned arms sales and loans to nations involved in civil wars
European nations unable to stop spread of fascism and totalitarianism.