Changes in political landscapes

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  • Wall street crash - economies struggled and people looked for strong leaderships and fast solutions to their problems.
    1930s: Dictatorships took power in many countries after the wall street crash.
  • Dictator: Benito Mussolini (1922-45)
    Country: Italy
    Politics: Fascism
    Territories taken: Abyssinia (1935-36)
  • Dictator: Emperor Hirohito & Japanese military (1926-45)
    Country: Japan
    Politics: Imperialism, nationalism
    Territories taken: Manchuria, China (1931-33)
  • Dictator: Adolf Hitler (1933-45)
    Country: Germany
    Politics: Nazism
    Territories taken:
    Sudetenland (1938)
    Czechoslovakia (1939)
    Anschluss with Austria (1938)
  • All dictatorships (Italy, Japan, Germany) developed aggressive foreign policies - economic depression made governments focus on national interests.