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Anti-Communism
Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and reaching global dimensions during the Cold War. -
Rise of Italian Fascism
Italian Fascism, also known simply as Fascism is the original fascist ideology, as developed in Italy. The ideology is associated with the National Fascist Party, which under Benito Mussolini ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 until 1943 -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party
The party emerged from the German nationalist, racist and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against the communist uprisings in post-World War I Germany. The party was created as a means to draw workers away from communism and into nationalism -
Great Depression
The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
U.S. Isolationalism
Isolationists advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics. -
Appeasement
Appeasement, the policy of making concessions to the dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict, governed Anglo-French foreign policy during the 1930s. -
Nationalism
After the rise and fall of Nazi Germany which opposed the Jews and others during World War II, German nationalism has been generally viewed in the country as taboo. -
Militarism
Militarism contributed a great deal to the origins of World War II This was true of both Japan and Germany.
Militarism can be defined as the glorification of the military and the willingness or even desire to use military force to gain more power for a country. -
Japanese Expansionism
Japanese militarism refers to the ideology in the Empire of Japan that militarism should dominate the political and social life of the nation, and that the strength of the military is equal to the strength of a nation
