World War II
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| Problems with WWI Peace Agreements | The Treaty of Versailles brought the war to an end. European countries wanted to weaken Germeny with the treaty. They felt that it was not harsh enough on the Germans. |
| Rise of Hitler | Hitler hated the Treaty of Versailles, so he joined the Nazis party and found his talent for public speaking. |
| Mussolini and Fascism | Mussolini was part of the Socialist party in Italy. He supported Italy's entry into WWI. He strongly opposed socialism and communism. Facism was a system of government that stressed the glory of the state. |
| Stalin's Russia | He wanted the USSR to modernize fast, so they could make uo for the lost time. His name means "man of steal". |
| Spanish Civil War | in 1936 they went into a civil war. This brough intrest from many other countries. The fighting was very brutal and bloody. Spain came under control of a Fascist dictator in 1939. |
| Imperial Japan | Its industilization and militariation lead to it becoming a world power. IThey became part of the Axis powers along with Italy and Germany. |
| Appeasement | Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability. |
| Winston Churchill |  British statesman and leader during World War II |
| German Aggression | 1. withdraw from league of nations/ end reparation payments. 2. beginning of german rearmanment. 3. reoccupy rhineland. 4. rome-berlin axis formed - alliance btwn italy and germany. 5. annexation of austria. 6. munich conference/annexation of sudetenland. |
| Blitzkrieg | "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland n 1939 |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
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