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World War Looms. UNIT 4 Sec.1. Dictators Threaten World Peace Stalin in Soviet Union. 1927, Stalin launches plan to create true socialist country. (industrial nation) Elimination of private enterprise Everything is state-owned
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World War Looms UNIT 4 Sec.1
Dictators Threaten World PeaceStalin in Soviet Union • 1927, Stalin launches plan to create true socialist country. (industrial nation) • Elimination of private enterprise • Everything is state-owned • Established centralized totalitarian government – individuals have no rights
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the helm. 1930s Soviet propaganda poster.
Dictators, Cont.Mussolini in Italy • 1919, Benito Mussolini established a totalitarian government in Italy. • Beginning of fascism – strong, centralized government headed by strong dictator. • Many fearing spread of communism became strong supporters of fascism.
Mussolini Hitler and Mussolini Mussolini makes a meal of Africa. After invasion of Ethiopia in 1935
Mussolini – “The Man Who Took the Lid Off”- 1935 British Cartoon
Dictators, cont.Hitler in Germany • Established Nazism – extreme nationalism • Dreamed of “Master Race” – blue-eyed, blond-haired Aryans. • National militaristic expansion • Third Reich
Dictators, Cont.Tojo in Japan • National militaristic expansion • Surprise invasions of China and Manchuria
Tojo Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II
Francisco Franco Francisco Franco was a Spanish military leader who ruled as the dictator of Spain from 1939-until his death. Almost 40 years.
United States Responds • 1935, Congress passes Neutrality Acts • Outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war • Banned arms sales and loans to nations involved in civil wars • European nations unable to stop spread of fascism and totalitarianism.