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I. Rise of Totalitarian
Dictatorships
A) Totalitarian States
Foreign Policy
Comintern
Stalin first wanted to build up communism at home
Diplomatic recognition by West
C) Fascism in Italy and
Germany
Mussolini in Italy
Dissatisfaction after the Great War ended
Mussolini and the Fascist Party
Fasces were the ancient Roman symbol of
authority
Marched on Rome and was appointed premier
C) Fascism in Italy and
Germany
Mussolini in Italy
Mussolini and the Fascist State
Il Duce
Autarky
Syndicates
No clearly defined political program
Lateran Treaties
C) Fascism in Italy and
Germany
Hitler in Germany
Weimar Republic
Hitler and the Nazi Party
Early years
Gestapo
Beer hall putsch
Mein Kampf
Aryan superiority
Swastika
C) Fascism in Italy and
Germany
Hitler in Germany
Hitlers rise to power
Reasons for Hitlers Rise to Power
Hitler in Germany
Hitlers rise to power
Number of Nazis in the Reichstag steadily
grew
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
II. Global Tension
A) Dictators Defy the League of Nations
Japanese Expansion
Chinese Weakness
Sun Yat-sen
Local anarchy
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Long March
A) Dictators Defy the League of Nations
Germany Forms
Alliances
Rome-Berlin Axis
Germany & Italy
Anti-Comintern Pact
Germany & Japan
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
B) Hitler Challenges European Security
Invasion of Scandinavia
Sitzkrieg
Denmark and Norway easily conquered
Fifth columnists
Vidkun Quisling
A) Axis Successes
Allied Victory
Russians advanced from the east
Allied troops from the west
Battle of the Bulge
Yalta Conference
C) Allied Advances
Allied Victory
Advance to Berlin
Hitler committed suicide
V-E Day
Holocaust
Postdam Conference: Harry Truman, Clement Attlee,
Stalin
C) Allied Advances