Monday- Italy WW1-WW2 presentation
Major events- Treaty of Versailles
Mussolini's rise to power (1922)
Mussolini's Dream- Wanted to become a world power
Italy's unpreparedness
Restoring the Roman Empire
Italy helped the Spanish Civil War
Rome-Berlin Axis-agreement
Basic Facts- Axis Powers
Death count- 410,00-330,000 military
Spent almost 1 trillion
Similar goals to Germany (allied with Germany to get what they wanted) (wanted to "recreate the Roman Empire)
Leaders- Mussolini- gained power by making a fascist group, stormed the government (threatened the government), voted out by his own Grand Council (seemed as though he wanted out)
Prime Minister Pietro Badoglio-
Victor Emmanuel 3- became King because of family, lost power in 1946 by public opinion forced a vote Monarchy or Republic, went off in exile and died in Alexandria, Egypt
Home-front- laborers lower, everyone no in the war worked, daily bombings
Propaganda- Anti-British and Western American, Pro Germany, Nationalism
Battle strategies- Fascism (strong nationalism), didn't want to fight a two front war, too ambitious, North Africa- Libya, Aided Germany in most affairs
Major battles- North African Campaign, Battle of Britain, Invasion of France, The Mediterranean, Eastern Front, and the Atlantic
Other Important People- Pietro Badolgio- Chief of Staff in 1940, replaced Mussolini, signed armistice with allies
Benito Mussolini- forced Italy into the war
Arturo Riccardi- Chief of staff of the Navy, forced to step down with Mussolini
Vittorio Ambrosio- Italian army chief of staff, helped negotiate armistice with Allies
Won or Lost of the War- Fascist Italy was forced into the war and weren't really big (small army)
Provided more troops with the Allies, brought the allies closer to Germany and the Axis Powers
Impact on country from WW2- Economy, Government, People lost a lot
Tuesday- Bruns Talk about the Italy side of the war
Wednesday- No Class (Unplanned 2 hr. early out)
Thursday- Italy test/Germany group started to present
-Major events- Treaty of Versailles, Recession/Depression, Hitler became dictator, Treaty of Friendship- Italy, Rome-Berlin Axis, Kristallnacht, Nuremberg Laws
-Basic Facts- 7,375,800 people died, cost $2-3 trillion
Axis Powers- Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria
Goals- Raise status, Dominate Europe, Lebensraum, Undo Versailles, Pure blood (holocaust)
Leaders-
Home-front- constantly being bombed, Jews were being rounded up and taken to a concentration camp, food was scarce, thousands of civilians died
Bombings- 25 million, bombing raids(practice), 1939-1945, 7.5 million people homeless, 3.6 million homes destroyed
Propaganda- Promote Militarism, out of debt, Treated people terribly, Nationalism, Hitler youth, Aryan race (Blonde Hair/Blue Eyes)
Nazi Propaganda- Target is Jews, Holocaust (sacrifice by fire), Jews were banned from everything, cause of debt, "The Final Solution"
Aryan Race/Lebensraum- "German Breeding", adoption, racial purity, kidnappings
Major battle strategies- No two-sided wars, Non-aggression pact with Soviet Union, Very Offensive, '43 they turned deffensive
Blitzkrieg
Major battles-
Battle of Britain- aircraft, Summer and Fall of 1940, turning point in the war for the English, Germans defeated
Operation Barbarossa- Invasion on the Soviet Union, started in Poland, Finland, and Romania
Other People
Lost War- Mistrust, Listening, Never Retreat, weren't prepared for Russian Winters(Soldiers weren't used to it, no warm clothing, left too late), Battling two fronts, Battle of Britain
Impact of WWII on country-
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