Totalitarianism

Used to describe Fascist Italy, National Socialist Germany, and Communist USSR Aspired to control over peoples consciousness, behavior, and social, political, and cultural life New to the 20th c Abolishes all competing parties Eliminates or regulates private institutions

Determine what ppl should believe

Leader is seen as invincible Believed that conflict was driving force in history

Fascism
Fascism= combination of militant nationalism & totalitarianism Benito Mussolini in power in Italy in 1922 State is valued over the individual

Those who disagree= flee or be killed

Nazism

Adolf Hitler- Austrian who served in the German army in WWI

1931 took control of National Socialist German Workers Party= NAZI Party
Becomes Der Fhrer leader master race= Mein Kampf crystallization of his antisemitism Belief in Lebensraum= living space

Video- BBC Bitesize

A short video

Tensions in the Pacific

Japan becomes aggressive and tries to expand empire

1931 Japan invades Manchuria

China pleas for League of Nations help League members refuse- fear it will create larger conflict

Failure of League of Nations

Mussolini invades Ethiopia- no response

Hitler ignores Treaty of Versailles

a. Builds large military

b. Stops reparation payments

c. Takes back the Rhineland d. Takes control of parts of Austria & Czechoslovakia

Failure of League of Nations Cont

Hitler promises League he only wants to unite German speakers League could not fight back- expensive to wage war & no economic means

Policy= Appeasement concede to some demands, Hitler would be satisfied, thus war could be avoided League fails at preventing war

Dr. Seuss & WWII Cartoons

Germany Invades Poland

Aug 23, 1939 Hitler & Stalin sign non-aggression pact USSR unable to get British & French to sign (they hate Communism) Germany invades Poland w/o fear of USSR Germany invades using blitzkrieg or lightning warfare Ends appeasement w/ LofN, WWII begins