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1/25/2016 Steps to WWII Nazism, Fascism, Communism Nazism The politically correct term for Nazism is National Socialism. It is a form of socialism that includes racism, exclusion, expansion and dictatorship. Fascism a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. 1 1/25/2016 Communism a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party. Actions Leading to WWII - Europe 1) Italy invades Ethiopia (1935) – League of Nations does nothing 2) 1936 – Hitler allies Germany with Italy & Japan 3) Germany re-militarizes the Rhineland (1936) – League of Nations does nothing 4) Hitler annexes Austria (1938) 5) Munich Agreement (1938) – Great Britain & France agree to Hitler's demands that a portion of Czechoslovakia, the Sudetenland, be turned over to Germany since many ethnic Germans lived there. Czechoslovakia was not consulted, even though it had an alliance with France. In exchange, Hitler stated he would not demand anymore territory. This was known as appeasement – trying to buy off an aggressor. Actions Leading to WWII – Europe (cont.) Hitler reneged on his promise not to demand any more territory. Germany invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia (1939) Upon this alarming development, Great Britain and France stated that they would defend Poland, thought to be Hitler's next target. Hitler called their bluff and invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 On September 3, 1939 Great Britain & France declared war on Germany. WWII had begun. 2