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Between the Wars
1920s and 1930s
Germany, Italy, and Spain
Mussolini
• Forms Fascist party in
1919
• “Il Duce” – the leader
• Blackshirts terrorize and
control opposition
• 1922 appointed Prime
Minister when he
threatens to march on
Rome
• “The Country is Nothing
Without Conquest”
– Roman Empire
Wannabe
– Wants Mediterranean
to be Mare Nostrum
again
– Wants lands on the
Adriatic back from
Yugoslavia
(irredenta)
• 1935 – gets Ethiopia
(revenge at last)
Il Duce’s Italy
• Suppressed rival parties, muzzled the
press, rigged elections and replaced
elected officials with Fascist support
• Critics thrown into prison, exiled or
murdered
• Secret police and propaganda bolster the
regime
• Preserved capitalism, but workers
forbidden to strike, wages very low
• “Believe! Obey! Fight!”
• Youth groups toughen kids and teach them
strict military discipline
– Taught about glories of ancient Rome
– March in parades, sing hymns and chants,
“Mussolini is always right”
• Women asked to “win the battle of
motherhood”
– 14 kids and you get a medal!
Fascism
• An authoritarian (non-communism) government that
emphasizes extreme nationalism and glorifies violence,
discipline and blind loyalty to the state
• Bundle of sticks around an axe - “fasces”
• Antidemocratic – democracy leads to corruption and
weakness, allows individual or class interests to rise
above national goals
• Aggressive foreign expansion
– “survival of the fittest”, dominance and war are necessary for
survival
• Sworn enemies of communists
– Fascism – support comes from business leaders, wealthy
landowners, and lower middle class
– Communism – support comes from urban and agricultural
workers
Appeal of fascism?
• Promises a strong, stable government and
end to political feuding that had paralyzed
democracy
• National pride
Totalitarian Rule
• Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin:
– Single party dictatorship
– State control of economy
– Use of police spies and terror to
enforce the will of the state
– Strict censorship and government
monopoly of the media
– Use of schools and media to
indoctrinate and mobilize citizens
– Unquestioning obedience to a
single leader
1920’s Inflation in Germany
• Weimar Republic
• Print money to
solve economic
problems
• Desire for stronger
leaders
Hitler
• Adolf
• 1919 National Socialist German
Workers Party (aka Nazi Party)
– Nazism – fascism shaped with
fanatical German nationalism
and racial superiority
• Mein Kampf and Aryan race
• 1932 – Nazi’s gain majority in
Reichstag
• 1933 -- Hindenburg appoints Hitler
chancellor
– Suspends freedom of speech
and press
– Brownshirts/stormtroopers
silence opposition
• 1934 – Hindenburg dead, Hitler
“Der Fuhrer”
Der Fuhrer
• Begins rearming
• Hires unemployed workers for public works projects
– Massive public buildings
– Autobahn
• 1936 – Depression ends in Germany
• Germany needs more living space
– Militarize Rhineland in 1936
• Axis powers agreed between Berlin and Rome
• 1938 Anschluss realigned (most Austrians welcome
them) – Sound of Music!
• Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain, and Appeasements
“peace in our time!”
Facts about the Nazi Party in
Germany
• According to Joseph Goebbels in an
official explanation of Nazism, the
synthesis of the words nationalism and
socialism was to "counter the
Internationalism of Marxism with the
nationalism of a German Socialism". –
wikipedia
• Heil Hitler + salute = borrowed from Italian
fascists
The Nazi Party
• Wermacht – German military (defend + power/force) –
20 million from 1935-1945; 2.2 million in 1945
– Army – Heer
– Navy – Kriegsmarine
– Airforce - Luftwaffe
• SA – Sturmabteilung – Storm Division – Brownshirts – 3
million men; superceded by SS after 1934’s Long
Knives Night
• SS – Stchutzstaffel - Protection Squad, formed in 1925,
led by Heinrich Himmler
– Numbered at about 1 million men; most loyal;
headed up divisions of the military
– Waffen-SS – group dedicated to racial superiority;
Order of the Death’s Head
– SS ran the security service (SD), secret state police
(Gestapo), criminal investigative police (Kripo), and
regular uniformed police (orpo)
On to war!
• March 1939 – Br and Fr agree to help Poland if
invaded
• Aug 1939 – Hitler and Stalin agree to a ten year
Non-Aggression Pact (secret document attached
about how to divide up E. Europe)
• Sept. 1, 1939, Germany invades Poland
– Blitzkrieg, Poland down in a month, Holocaust begins
in Poland
– Stalin seizes E. half of Poland
• Sept. 3, 1939, Br and Fr declare war on
Germany
Spanish Civil War
• Nationalism group rises to
power led by Franco
• Nationalists v. Republicans
• Nationalists – supported by
Germany and Italy
• Republicans supported by
Soviets and International
Brigade
• Nationalists take Madrid,
Franco rules from 1939-1975

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Between the Wars

  • 1. Between the Wars 1920s and 1930s Germany, Italy, and Spain
  • 2. Mussolini • Forms Fascist party in 1919 • “Il Duce” – the leader • Blackshirts terrorize and control opposition • 1922 appointed Prime Minister when he threatens to march on Rome • “The Country is Nothing Without Conquest” – Roman Empire Wannabe – Wants Mediterranean to be Mare Nostrum again – Wants lands on the Adriatic back from Yugoslavia (irredenta) • 1935 – gets Ethiopia (revenge at last)
  • 3. Il Duce’s Italy • Suppressed rival parties, muzzled the press, rigged elections and replaced elected officials with Fascist support • Critics thrown into prison, exiled or murdered • Secret police and propaganda bolster the regime • Preserved capitalism, but workers forbidden to strike, wages very low • “Believe! Obey! Fight!” • Youth groups toughen kids and teach them strict military discipline – Taught about glories of ancient Rome – March in parades, sing hymns and chants, “Mussolini is always right” • Women asked to “win the battle of motherhood” – 14 kids and you get a medal!
  • 4. Fascism • An authoritarian (non-communism) government that emphasizes extreme nationalism and glorifies violence, discipline and blind loyalty to the state • Bundle of sticks around an axe - “fasces” • Antidemocratic – democracy leads to corruption and weakness, allows individual or class interests to rise above national goals • Aggressive foreign expansion – “survival of the fittest”, dominance and war are necessary for survival • Sworn enemies of communists – Fascism – support comes from business leaders, wealthy landowners, and lower middle class – Communism – support comes from urban and agricultural workers
  • 5. Appeal of fascism? • Promises a strong, stable government and end to political feuding that had paralyzed democracy • National pride
  • 6. Totalitarian Rule • Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin: – Single party dictatorship – State control of economy – Use of police spies and terror to enforce the will of the state – Strict censorship and government monopoly of the media – Use of schools and media to indoctrinate and mobilize citizens – Unquestioning obedience to a single leader
  • 7. 1920’s Inflation in Germany • Weimar Republic • Print money to solve economic problems • Desire for stronger leaders
  • 8. Hitler • Adolf • 1919 National Socialist German Workers Party (aka Nazi Party) – Nazism – fascism shaped with fanatical German nationalism and racial superiority • Mein Kampf and Aryan race • 1932 – Nazi’s gain majority in Reichstag • 1933 -- Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor – Suspends freedom of speech and press – Brownshirts/stormtroopers silence opposition • 1934 – Hindenburg dead, Hitler “Der Fuhrer”
  • 9. Der Fuhrer • Begins rearming • Hires unemployed workers for public works projects – Massive public buildings – Autobahn • 1936 – Depression ends in Germany • Germany needs more living space – Militarize Rhineland in 1936 • Axis powers agreed between Berlin and Rome • 1938 Anschluss realigned (most Austrians welcome them) – Sound of Music! • Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain, and Appeasements “peace in our time!”
  • 10. Facts about the Nazi Party in Germany • According to Joseph Goebbels in an official explanation of Nazism, the synthesis of the words nationalism and socialism was to "counter the Internationalism of Marxism with the nationalism of a German Socialism". – wikipedia • Heil Hitler + salute = borrowed from Italian fascists
  • 11. The Nazi Party • Wermacht – German military (defend + power/force) – 20 million from 1935-1945; 2.2 million in 1945 – Army – Heer – Navy – Kriegsmarine – Airforce - Luftwaffe • SA – Sturmabteilung – Storm Division – Brownshirts – 3 million men; superceded by SS after 1934’s Long Knives Night • SS – Stchutzstaffel - Protection Squad, formed in 1925, led by Heinrich Himmler – Numbered at about 1 million men; most loyal; headed up divisions of the military – Waffen-SS – group dedicated to racial superiority; Order of the Death’s Head – SS ran the security service (SD), secret state police (Gestapo), criminal investigative police (Kripo), and regular uniformed police (orpo)
  • 12. On to war! • March 1939 – Br and Fr agree to help Poland if invaded • Aug 1939 – Hitler and Stalin agree to a ten year Non-Aggression Pact (secret document attached about how to divide up E. Europe) • Sept. 1, 1939, Germany invades Poland – Blitzkrieg, Poland down in a month, Holocaust begins in Poland – Stalin seizes E. half of Poland • Sept. 3, 1939, Br and Fr declare war on Germany
  • 13. Spanish Civil War • Nationalism group rises to power led by Franco • Nationalists v. Republicans • Nationalists – supported by Germany and Italy • Republicans supported by Soviets and International Brigade • Nationalists take Madrid, Franco rules from 1939-1975