Italy
- Italy was very displeased with the treaty of versailles
- wanted to get more land than they got
- italy joined on league of nations and was a member from 1919 until they withdrew in 1937
5 power pact
- signed by great britian, the us, japan, france, and italy
- designed to prevent an arms race
- it limited the construction of battleships
9 power pact
- guaranteed chinese independent
- all countries are able to trade with china
March on Rome- October 1922
- A march by BM national Fascist party
- won and took over italy
- Mussolini and Fascists
King victor Emmanuel
- did not fight mussonlini's takeover in italy
- wanted to avoid a civil war and also wanted to keep communists out of italy
Establishes fascism in Italy
- A government led by a strong dictator
- stresses strong nationalism, militarism and imperialism
- uses intimidation to get what they want
Ethiopia invaded by mussolini (Italy)in 1936
- Italy lost its ethopia colony in Africa at the 1896 battle of Adua
- one of the worst colonial disasters of modern history
- feb. 23. 1935, Italy sends large forces into ethiopia
Italy/ Ethoipia invasion
nov. 18 1935- league of nations sanctions begin
-arms embargo, financial embargo, non-importation of italian goods.
Feb29, 1936-
- Mandatory arms embargo with warring nations
- mandatory arms ban on loans to warring nations
May 5th- Italy occupied addis ababa- annexed ethiopia on may 9th
Generalissimo Francisco Franco and the Spanish Civil war- 1936
- 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 hitlers and mussolinis troops
Italys Goals in WW2
- make a new roman empire
- make the mediterranean an "italian lake"
- Take over northern african colonies of britain and france especially Egypt
- Take over southeastern Europe-greece and albania
- Take over parts of the middle east
Why did Italy lose?
- Italy was not prepared militarily to fight a prolonged war
- germany had to constantly bail Italy out.
- Italian troops were spread too thin africa, mediterranean, albania, greece, soviet Union, France, Battle of britain
- The people of Italy were not prepared to fight or motivated to fight. They were forced to fight
- Overall, Italy was just a weak country
Impact WW2 Had on Italy
- 410,000 dead, 330,000 military deaths
- Spent 94 billion
- Italy joined the allies by 1943 so the big concern for the US was making sure Italy became a democracy after the war and not fall to communism
- US gave millions of dollars to Italy (MArshall Plan) to help rebuild after the war
- Became a member of NATO in 1949
- Became a member of the United nations in 1955
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