1. Rise of Fascism and Militarism in Europe and Japan

2. Benito Mussolini: “il Duce”
Problems facing Italy
Rise of Blackshirts
Fascism
His “reforms?”
Desire for a “New Rome”

3. Adolf Hitler Weimar Republic Economic problems lead to unrest
Nazism and Mein Kampf
Kristallnacht 1938
Nuremberg Laws 1935

4. Joseph Stalin Five Year Plan Forced collectivization Kulaks Gulag
Secret Police
The Great Purge

5. Japan’s Militarism Changes after WWI Economic Unrest
Attempts to quickly modernize, militarize
1931 Manchuria and League’s reaction?
Influence of Japan’s history on the attitudes of military/political leaders?