Inter-War Years:
Years between WW1 and WW2 were full of turmoil
Uneasy peace in Eastern Europe
Late 20's thing kind of sorted out.
The economy took a turn for the better
Economic prosperity
Japan's Economy grew fast
USA was doing well
Things were better in Germany and Britain
Push for better diplomacy: through arms and limitation talks
Better relation between France and Bimah Republic
Waring 20's
Symbol of late prosperity
push for newness
Economy crashed
democracies struggles to keep people underneath
Spain, Germany and Italy formed a new type of government called fascism
In Russia, Stalin moved the state into totalitarian style of government (his aggressive and militeristic governments lead to WW2)
League of Nations was pretty weak
Internal Problems in Germany
Tension between Germany and France for control of the porter
British empire lots of unrest
4 Marks = 1 Dollor in 1914. But, by 1924, 4.2 trillion Marks = 1 Dollor (money was worthless)
Tension between Chess Lavania and Yugoslavia
Tension between the Germans and Poland
Lot of different ethnic groups living together
Not completely ethnically states
India: petetioning for an indipendence
Ireland: clamoring for Home Rule
British empire started to crumble and fall
Nationalist Fascists launched a put store coup in attempt to take over the government with military mean in November 1923
Socialist revolution
Hyperinflation
Bimah Republic had lot of economic problems
Kellog-Brian Treaty
63 countries signed
outlawed war
pretty weak document
People discarded traditional values
Looked to modern and post modern ideals
New styles of music (romantic, jazz, bag band,
New style of dancing
New forms of mass media (Radio)
New style of women liberated after the experience of WW1
Movies started to make their appearances
Great depression
1929: stock market crashed
trade came to halt
people lost their savings
Started in the USA but spread to the entire industrialised world
Unemployment
Lack of stability
Decrease in productivity
Democracies
Britain:Rise of labour Party
USA: FDR
Economic Liberalists thought that the government shouldn't get too involved with the economy as it will straighten itself out
Totalitarianalism
Collapse of democracies
Living in poor conditions
Rise of extreme governments
Governments that try to control all aspects of life (especially the population)
Fascism
Nationalists
Strong Military
Charismatic Dictator
League of Combat
Mussolini: Teacher and Socialist and later becomes more military minded
Appeal
Problems: Economic, Rise of Communism, Communists controlled Italy,
Rising power
March on Rome
Election of 1942
Fascist State
Black Shirts
Hitler
Artist
Moved to Vienna
Austrian roots
exposed to anti-semitism
Soldier in WW1 and wins many medals
Joins Nazis in their early stages and then eventually takes control of it
Put in prison for a short while
Economic Problems
Hitler as Chancellor
Wins elections
Passes enabling act
Gleichschaltung
Hitler becomes director
Germany becomes Nazi State
Stalin
Political Control
Economic Revolution
Workers that were put into government controll
Collectivization
Famine in Ukraine
Gulags
Purges