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Page 3: Resentment by Germany over the Treaty of Versailles Russia bitter over being left out by and outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles Japan becomes militarisitic,

Benito Mussolini (Italy)

1. Leader of Soviet Union after death of Lenin in 1924

2. Transforms country into Industrial power (Five-Year Plan and New Economic Policy)

3. Executed anyone against his rule (Great Purge)

4. Communist form of govt.

1. Appointed head of govt. by king of Italy in 1922

2. Used Black Shirts (secret army) to enforce his policies

3. Fascist form of govt.

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1. 1919 joins National Socialist Party (Nazi Party) & becomes leader

2. Wrote Mein Kampf to express political and racial views

3. Appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933 (Third Reich est.)

4. Nazism form of govt. (German version of Fascism)

1. Military leader and politician (2nd in charge)

2. Founded the Gestapo and Commander of the Luftwaffe

1. Politician and Minister of Propaganda

2. An author of the Final Solution

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Hideki Tojo (Japan)

1. In 1926 becomes Emperor of Japan

2. Head of State under Constitution of Japan

3. Japanese belief = Emperor was god on Earth

1. Japanese military leader 2. Nationalist and Imperialist

beliefs (Anti-Western views)

3. In 1941 becomes Prime Minister

3. Installs a Imperialist Military Regime form of govt.

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Definition: Diplomatic policy of making concessions in order to

avoid conflict

Used by Great Britain and France throughout Germany’s military aggression (1936-1939)

Munich Agreement – Hitler promised no further

aggression once Germany has the Sudetenland

Britain and France agree

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Kellogg-Briand Pact- 1928 treaty w/62 countries; states war would not be used as national policy

U.S. policy in 1930’s = Isolationism - 1933 recognize Soviet Union - Good Neighbor Policy w/Latin America

Reciprocal Trade Agreement (1934)

- reduces tariffs to increase trade

Neutrality Acts (1935)- no arms sales to any nations at war- no loans to nations at war

Response to Japan’s attack on China - U.S. sends supplies to China - FDR speaks out against isolationism- Opinions are split in America

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September 3, 1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany (2 days after Invasion of Poland)

The Phony War (Sept. 1939 to May 1940) – period of

military aggression between Allied and Axis Powers

- Maginot Line: French and British built fortifications

along France’s eastern border

- Siegfried Line: German front line of troops a few

miles away from France’s border

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Lend-Lease Act (1941) – U.S. would lend or lease arms to nations whose defense was vital to the United States

Atlantic Charter (1941) - joint

declaration of war aims w/Britain

- collective security

- disarmament- self-determination- economic

cooperation- freedom of the seas

Issues with German Wolf Packs – to combat Lend-Lease Act Hitler

sends German U-Boats to prevent

delivery - Shoot on Sight – FDR’s command

to U.S. destroyer if U-Boat is seen