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Mussolini Takes Control
Mussolini Takes Control. Fascim´s rise in Italy was fueled by bitter disapointment over failure to win large territorial gains at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. -
Mussolini Takes Control
Mussolini Takes Control. Mussolini had founded the Fascist Party in 1919. As economic conditions worsened, his popularity rapidly increased. -
The Rise of the Nazis
At the end of the war, Hitler settled in Munich. In 1919, he joined a tiny right-wing political group. This group shared his belief that Germany had to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism. -
Other Countries Fall to Dictators
Other Countries Fall to Dictators. In Hungary in 1919, after a brief Communist regime military forces and wealthy landowners joined to make Admiral Miklós Horthy the first European postwar dictator. -
Hitler Rises to power in Germany
Hitler Rises to power in Germany. When Mussolini became dictator of Italy in the mid-1920s, Adolf Hitler was a little-known political leader whose eary life had been marked by disappointment. -
Mussolini Takes Control
In October 1922, about 30.000 Fascists ,arched on Rome. They demanded that King Victor Emmanuel III put Mussolini in charge of the government. -
The Rise of the Nazis
Inspired by Mussolini´s march on Rome, Hitler and the Nazis plotted to seize power in Munich in 1923.The attempt failed, and Hitler was arrested. He was tried for treason but was sentenced to only five years in prision. -
The Rise of the Nazis
After leaving prision in 1924, Hitler revived the Nazi party. Most Germans ignored him and his angry message until the Great Depression anded the nation´s brief postwar recovery. -
Other Countries Fall to Dictators
Other Countries Fall to Dictators. In Poland, Marshal Jozef Pilsudski seized power in 1926. -
Other Countries Fall to Dictators
By the mid-1930´s, the powerful nations of the world were split into two antagonistic camps, democatric and totalitarian. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor.
The Nazis had becomethe largest political party by 1932. Conservative leaders mistankenly believed they could control Hitler and use him for their purposes. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
In January 1933, the advised President Paul von Hindenburg to name Hitler chancellor. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor.
In 1934, the SS arrested and murdered hundreds of Hitler´s enemies. His brutal action and the terror applied by the Gestapo, the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, shocked most Germans into total obedience. -
Other Countries Fall to Dictators
In 1935, only one democracy, Czechoslovakia, remained in eastern Europe. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor.
They constructed factories, built highways, manufactured weapons, and served in the military. As a result, the number of unemployed dropped from about 6 millin to 1.5 million in 1936. -
Hitler Makes War on the Jews.
Hitler Makes War on the Jews. Beginning in 1933, the Nazis passed laws depriving Jews of most of their rights. -
Hitler Makes War on the Jews.
Violence againts Jews mounted. On the night of ANoveber 9, 1938, Nazi mobs attacked Jews in their homes and on the streets and destroyed thousands of Jewish-owned buildings.
