HIST 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Avgas, Social Darwinism, Materiel
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Fascism: called for a totalitarian form of government + a heightened focus on national unity, militarism, social darwinism + loyalty to the state. German national socialist party: nazi gained lots of followers during germany"s great. Hitler, a wwi veteran, promised to return germany to greatness. Dispatched military units into rhineland (on the border with. France) which was an act against the provisions of the versailles. Appeasement: offered in the munich pact, in hope that german expansionists could be satisfied w/o war. Not long after the agreement, germany occupied rest of czechoslovakia. Joseph stalin and hitler agreed to divide poland b/w them to not make war. In 1936, japan and germany signed the anti-comintern pact, pledging mutual assistance in defending themselves against the comintern (the international agency created by the soviet union to promote worldwide communist revolution) In 1937, italy joined the pact = created the foundation of what became the military alliance of the axis powers.
