Rise of Facisim (germany)

• Adolf Hitler


  Obscure political figure in 1920s Germany
• Nazism


  • German brand of fascism
  • Hitler becomes Nazi leader
  • Plots to seize national power
• Mein Kampf


  Hitler's book detailing beliefs, goals
• Lebensraum


  Living space that Hitler believes Germany needs
• Germans turn to Hitler


  When economy collapses
• Hitler is named chancellor


  • Turns Germany into totalitarian state
  • Uses brutal tactics to eliminate enemies
  • Nazis take command of economy
• Hitler


  • Takes control over every aspect of German life
• Nazis


  • Deprive Jews of rights
  • Promote violence against Jews
• Most of eastern Europe falls to dictators

  • Only Czechoslovakia retains democratic government
• World splits into two camps

  • Democratic
  • Totalitarian
• Mussolini attacks Ethiopia


  1. In 1935

  2. League of Nations does not stop aggression
• Hitler begins rebuilding German army


  1. In 1935

  2. Germany occupies Rhineland in 1936

  3. Britain urges appeasement
• Axis Powers


  Germany, Italy, and Japan form an alliance
• Hitler annexes Austria


  1. In 1938

  2. Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia

  3. Czechs refuse, ask France for help
• Civil War erupts in Spain

  1. In 1931, a republic is declared

  2. In 1936, General Franco leads rebellion

  3. Hitler and Mussolini help Franco and his Fascists

  4. In 1939, Franco wins Spanish Civil War and becomes Spain's Fascist dictator
• Britain and France agree to let Hitler take Sudetenland

  1. At Munich Conference

  2. In 1939, Hitler still takes rest of Czechoslovakia

  3. Mussolini takes Albania

  4. Hitler demands part of Poland
• Nonaggression pact


  • Germans and Soviets agree not to fight each other
  • Includes secret deal to split Poland
• Adolf Hitler


  Obscure political figure in 1920s Germany
• Nazism


  German brand of fascism
• Hitler becomes Nazi leader


  Plots to seize national power
• Mein Kampf


  Hitler's book detailing beliefs, goals
• Lebensraum


  Living space that Hitler believes Germany needs
• Germans turn to Hitler


  When economy collapses
• Hitler is named chancellor


  Turns Germany into totalitarian state
• Hitler takes control


  Over every aspect of German life
• Nazis


  • Deprive Jews of rights
  • Promote violence against them
• Most of eastern Europe falls to dictators
• Only Czechoslovakia retains democratic government
• World splits into two camps—democratic and totalitarian
• Mussolini attacks Ethiopia


  1935
• League of Nations does not stop aggression
• In 1935, Hitler begins rebuilding German army


  In 1936, Germany occupies Rhineland
• Appeasement


  A policy of giving in to aggression
• Axis Powers


  Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Hitler plans to expand Third Reich

  1. In 1938, Hitler annexes Austria

  2. Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
• Czechs refuse, ask France for help
• A republic is declared in Spain

  1931
• In 1936, General Francisco Franco leads rebellion


  In 1939, Franco wins Spanish Civil War
• Hitler and Mussolini help Franco and his Fascists
• Franco becomes Spain's Fascist dictator