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Facts about Mussolini
1- Mussolini was a socialist before becoming a fascist. By 1919 a radically changed Mussolini had founded the fascist movement, which would later become the Fascist Party. 2- Benito Mussolini was executed on April 28th, 1945, along with his mistress Claretta Petacci. Their bodies were displayed in a plaza in Milan after their executions. 3- Mussolini adopted Hitler's ideals in regards to Jewish people and initiated the same discrimination policies against them. -
Hitler´s figure
1- He was Austrian, this might seem odd, but he was influenced by his tecaher and he grew to despise the Austro-Hungarian Empire and express loyalty to Germany. 2- Whilst still an Austrian citizen Hitler was accepted into the Bavarian army. He was hurt on his leg at the Battle of the Somme, and was temporarily blinded by mustard gas. Hitler received two medals for bravery during the Great war: the Iron Cross Second Class in 1914 and the Iron Cross First Class in 1918. -
Beggining of the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War began as a revolt by right-wing Spanish military officers in Spanish Morocco and spreads to mainland Spain. General Francisco Franco broadcasts a message calling for all army officers to join the uprising and overthrow Spain’s leftist Republican government. The Republicans succeeded in putting down the uprising in other areas. The Republicans and the Nationalists, then proceeded to secure their respective territories by executing thousands of suspected political opponents. -
Contries involved in World War II
World War II was a global military conflict. It involved most of the nations of the world, grouped into two opposing military alliances: the Axis powers, Italy, Germany and Japan; and the Allies, United Kingdom, Sovietic Union, China, United States and France. -
Beggining of Franquismo
After the civil war, Franco established a semi-fascist regime, which incorporated a clear influence of the German and Italian totalitarianisms in fields such as labor relations, autarkic economic policy, the use of symbols or unipartism. In its last death rattles, the regime moved closer to the developmental dictatorships, although it always retained vestigial fascist features. In the 1940s the military dictatorship was strengthened through the political and economic repression of the opponents. -
End of the Spanish Civil War
In June 1938, the Nationalists drove to the Mediterranean Sea and cut Republican territory in two. Later in the year, Franco mounted a major offensive against Catalonia. In January 1939, its capital, Barcelona, was captured, and soon after the rest of Catalonia fell. With the Republican cause all but lost, its leaders attempted to negotiate a peace, but Franco refused. On March 28, 1939, the victorious Nationalists entered Madrid in triumph, and the Spanish Civil War came to an end. -
The beggining of World War II
The origins of the Second World War can be found in the world order created after the First World War. The Treaty of Versailles caused feelings of humiliation and resentment among the Germans and Italians, who refused to accept the restrictions imposed.
This led to a desire for revenge and the rise of dictatorial political systems that favoured a new war to gain economic and political dominance in Europe. -
Atomic bombing in Japan
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks ordered by the President of the United States, against the Empire of Japan. The attacks contributed, together with the Soviet-Japanese War, to the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. After six months of intense bombardment of 67 other cities, the Little Boy nuclear weapon was dropped on Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, followed by the detonation of the Fat Man bomb on Thursday, August 9, on Nagasaki. -
End of the World War II
Some consequences of the Second World War were:
The end of colonialism and imperialism and the end of dictatorship in Germany and Italy.
Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany; West Germany was controlled by Britain, France and USA, while East Germany was controlled by the USSR.
Economics problems, such as unemployment, low growth etc.
Emergence of two power blocks: USA and USSR; which resulted in the cold war.
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The end of Franquismo
The dictatorship ended in 1975, after Franco's death. Then there was a period of transition that led to a democracy. -
Irak´s war
On March 2003, a coalition led by the United States along with allied countries such as the United Kingdom and Spain, began the invasion of Iraq. The main justification for this operation was the claim that Saddam Hussein owned and developed weapons of mass destruction. According to the President of the United States, George W. Bush, the reasons for the invasion were "to disarm Iraq from weapons of mass destruction (WMD)" which were never found, nor was their existence proven. -
Syria´s civil war
The Syrian civil war is an armed conflict that started in Syria after the 2011 anti-government protests, which led to clashes between the country's Armed Forces and the so-called Syrian opposition, which includes several terrorist groups. Later it became an international conflict of several countries, including the two largest nuclear powers, as well as regional powers.
