Monda
Tuesday
Spanish Civil War
Francisco Franco was the leader of the nationalist part of the civil war.
Hitler and Mussolini send troops and weapons to help Franco win the civil war against the communists
This war served as an important training ground for Hitler's and Mussolini's troops
Axis Powers
Italy and Germany form their pact in 1936, with Japan joining later in 1940
Italy's goals:
Create a new Roman Empire
Make the Mediterranean an "Italian Lake"
Take over North Africa, Albania, Greece
Mussolini was hung in Milan in 1945, marking the end of Fascist Italy
in 1938 Mussolini instituted laws discriminating the Jews-46,000 Jews in Italy at the time
After the government fell, German troops took over italy and then started transporting them to death camps
Why did Italy Lose?
Italy was not prepared ot fight a prolonged war
- Germany had to bail out Italy a lot
Italian troops were spread too thin
The people of italy were not motivated to fight, where they would be forced to fight.
In summary, Italy was a weak country
Impact:
410,000 Dead-Mostly Military
Spent 94 Billion
Italy had joined the Allies in 1943 and the U.S. rebuilt italy so they would not be communist.
The U.S. gave millions of dollars to Italy(Marshall Plan) to help rebuild
Became member of NATO in 1949
Became a member of UN in 1955
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