March 7 (Monday)- Went over forum post topics. Mr. Bruns went over more of Germany. Finished Japan presentation. Started Italy.
March 8 (Tuesday)- Finished Italy presentation. Mr. Bruns went over some of Italy and reminded us that movie reviews are due tomorrow.
March 9 (Wednesday)- Watched movie and did verbal movie summaries
March 10 (Thursday)- Watched movie
March 11 (Friday)- No School
Notes are here.
Mr. Bruns presentation of Italy:
Italy after World War One
- Italy was displeased with Treaty of Versailles
- Wanted to get more land than they got
- Italy joined League of Nations and was a member from 1919 until their withdrawal in 1937
King Victor Emmanuel
- Asked Mussolini to take over power in Italy to keep the communists out of Italy
- Benito Mussolini comes to power in 1922
Established Fascism in Italy
- A government led by a strong dictator
- Stresses strong nationalism, militarism, and imperialism
- Uses intimidation to get what they want
Kellogg-Briand Pact
- Countries pledged not to use war as a way to settle disputes
Ethiopia invaded by Mussolini 1936
- Italy lost its Ethiopia colony in Africa at the 1896 Battle of Adua
- One of the worst colonial disasters of modern history
- February 23, 1935
- Italy sends large forces into Ethiopia
Italy/Ethiopia Invasion
- November 18, 1935
- League of Nations sanctions begin
- Arms embargo
- Financial embargo
- Non-importation of Italian goods
- League of Nations sanctions begin
- February 29, 1936
- FDR signed the 1936 Neutrality Act
- Mandatory arms embargo with warring nations
- Mandatory ban on loans to warring nations
- May 5
- Italy occupied Addis Ababa
- Annexed all Ethiopia on May 9
- Italy occupied Addis Ababa
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 Hitler's and Mussolini's troops
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