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Cause And Causes Of Benito Mussolini

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“Never in the field of human conflict, was so much, owed by so many, to so few,” Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1940-1945, and 1951 to 1955. World War II proved to be a deadly conflict, costing the lives of an estimated 72 million, 4 hundred 68 thousand, and 9 hundred deaths, according to www.secondworldwarhistory.com accessed December 10, 2016. The deadly conflict began on September 1, 1939, with Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, and would not end until the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945 aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. The toilsome war, began from the formation and actions of the Axis powers, composed of Italy, Germany, and Japan, who were united under fascism. Furthermore, fascism was founded by the …show more content…

After the completion of WWI, he worked as an intelligence officer in Germany, monitoring the activities of the German Workers party. He felt a connection with the organization, and shared their beliefs that Germany had been treated harshly following WWI, that Jews were responsible for the economic conditions in Germany, and that Marxism and Capitalism were enemies according to regiscatholicschools.owschools.com last accessed December 12, 2016. In 1919, he formally joined the German Workers Party, which would later come to be known as the Nazi Party. He became the chair of the Nazi party in 1921. In 1933, he became the chancellor of Germany. Hitler used his position as chancellor, to gain dictatorial rule of Germany. Beginning in 1935, Germany began to violate the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, that ended WWI. In doing so he ordered a peacetime draft, rebuilding Germany’s military according to www.historyplace.com accessed December 10, 2016. This began to set the united Italy and Germany under the Pact of Steel on the course for World War II. The final member of the big three axis power countries was Japan. Following the completion of the Russo-Japanese war, Japan had emerged as a world power. However, in order to preserve their position as a world power, they needed resources as Japan, an island nation, had limited access to the resources needed to sustain a world power. Japan began to build up

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