Germany and Italy were crushed by the First World War. But Fascism and

1.	Germany and Italy were crushed by the First World War. But Fascism and Nazism played a key role in making them the important powers in the Second World War. Examine this. Or How did the growth of Fascism and Nazism become a cause for the Second World War and a threat to world peace?
Answer» The First World War ruined Germany and Italy economically. Unemployment and poverty threw up people’s protests. The government of both the countries had to face popular unrest. The conditions of the victorious and the defeated nations in the First World War were miserable. Many European governments lost their power. Unemployment and poverty occurred. Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany rose to power, capitalizing on the political and economic chaos prevailing then. Economic destruction, rivalry against the victors and aimlessness facilitated these forces to grab power. Mussolini and Fascism: Mussolini led Fascist reign in Italy. He resorted to despotic measures in the political and economic fields of Italy after coming to power. Violence and ferocity were the strategies of Fascism. Socialists, leaders of peasants and workers were considered as enemies of the state and executed them. The aim of Mussolini was to restore ancient Roman Empire. Using the military force ‘Black Shirts’, Mussolini suppressed the opponents. His aggressive foreign policies led him to conquer Ethiopia and Albania. Italy’s run for dictatorship led to the Second World War. Hitler and Nazism: Nazism is the German version of Fascism. The Germans felt humiliated when the Treaty of Versailles was imposed on them after the First World War. It was at this time that Hitler and his Nazi party gained popular support. Hitler promised to save Germany from all humiliations. He adopted many measures to consolidate his power. Socialists, communists, Jews and democrats were executed. Hitler held the Jews responsible for Germany’s ruin and humiliation. The Jews were massacred enmasse in specially designed concentration camps. A military force known as ‘Brown Shirts’ and a secret police troop ‘Gestapo’ were in charge of assaulting and massacring Jews. Banned all political parties except the Nazi party. Trade unions were also banned. Military service was made compulsory. Taking advantage of the feeling of revenge among the Germans, Hitler adopted an aggressive foreign policy. He attacked Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Germany formed the military alliance with Italy and Japan. This led to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Germany and Italy were crushed by the First World War. But Fascism and Nazism played a key role in making them the important powers in the Second World War. Examine this. Or How did the growth of Fascism and Nazism become a cause for the Second World War and a threat to world peace?

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The First World War ruined Germany and Italy economically. Unemployment and poverty threw up people’s protests. The government of both the countries had to face popular unrest. The conditions of the victorious and the defeated nations in the First World War were miserable. Many European governments lost their power. Unemployment and poverty occurred. Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany rose to power, capitalizing on the political and economic chaos prevailing then. Economic destruction, rivalry against the victors and aimlessness facilitated these forces to grab power.

Mussolini and Fascism:

Mussolini led Fascist reign in Italy. He resorted to despotic measures in the political and economic fields of Italy after coming to power. Violence and ferocity were the strategies of Fascism. Socialists, leaders of peasants and workers were considered as enemies of the state and executed them.

The aim of Mussolini was to restore ancient Roman Empire. Using the military force ‘Black Shirts’, Mussolini suppressed the opponents. His aggressive foreign policies led him to conquer Ethiopia and Albania. Italy’s run for dictatorship led to the Second World War.

Hitler and Nazism:

Nazism is the German version of Fascism. The Germans felt humiliated when the Treaty of Versailles was imposed on them after the First World War. It was at this time that Hitler and his Nazi party gained popular support. Hitler promised to save Germany from all humiliations. He adopted many measures to consolidate his power.

Socialists, communists, Jews and democrats were executed. Hitler held the Jews responsible for Germany’s ruin and humiliation. The Jews were massacred enmasse in specially designed concentration camps. A military force known as ‘Brown Shirts’ and a secret police troop ‘Gestapo’ were in charge of assaulting and massacring Jews.

Banned all political parties except the Nazi party. Trade unions were also banned. Military service was made compulsory. Taking advantage of the feeling of revenge among the Germans, Hitler adopted an aggressive foreign policy. He attacked Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Germany formed the military alliance with Italy and Japan. This led to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Germany and Italy were crushed by the First World War. But Fascism and Nazism played a key role in making them the important powers in the Second World War. Examine this. Or How did the growth of Fascism and Nazism become a cause for the Second World War and a threat to world peace?

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