 Italy  Fascist  a political system headed by a dictator in which the government controls business and labor and opposition is not permitted  Vowed to end economic problems  Invaded Ethiopia  Felt Treaty of Versailles did not award Italy enough land  Charismatic

 Gangs of Fascist thugs  Used to keep people in their place  And eliminate dissension  mussolini#benito-mussolini mussolini#benito-mussolini

 Russia  Communist  a social system in which property and goods are owned in common  5-year economic plans  Government takeover of farms  Rapid industrialization – was successful  5 million people sent to labor camps in Siberia

 Stalin’s “purges”  Arrested over 7 million  Show “trials”  Killed over a million  Rest to labor camps  Used secret police to enforce Stalin’s reign  stalin#joseph-stalin stalin#joseph-stalin

 Germany  Nazi  a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945  Writes Mein Kampf (My Struggle) while in jail

 Anti-Semitism  Strengthen military – go against T of V  Expand borders to include other German’s  Aryan race  Purification of the human race  Blonde, blue-eyed Germans only  Pic of Hitler

 Nazi thugs  Silenced opposition  Precursor to the SS (secret police)  “Der Fuhrer” – The Leader  hitler#adolf-hitler hitler#adolf-hitler

 Initially Italy and Germany form an alliance  Later Japan joins to create the Axis powers in WWII  Later on, Germany and Russia create a non aggression pact – an alliance of sorts  Later Hitler violates all of his alliances

Axis Powers

 EVERYONE was feeling desperate  The Great Depression was felt around the world  Looking for a solution  People think they have found the solution in Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini  Who was our solution?