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1920s and 1930s Rise of Totalitarianism. Instability in Europe. Unstable peace 19 th century ideas Extreme Conditions Mass Communications Propaganda State if Fear. Britain. Isolationism Appeasement Dependency on trade Financially hurting Labour strikes in 1926
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Instability in Europe • Unstable peace • 19th century ideas • Extreme Conditions • Mass Communications • Propaganda • State if Fear
Britain • Isolationism • Appeasement • Dependency on trade • Financially hurting • Labour strikes in 1926 • 400-year-old Empire in decline
France • Tried to enforce Treaty of Versailles • New allies • League of Nations • 1923, invade Germany • Prime Minister Raymond Poincare • Severe Backlash against French government
Italy • Lost land after WWI • Economically suffering • Benito Mussolini • Fascist Party • Squadristi • 1922 March on Rome • Power solidified by 1926
Germany • Weimar Republic • Unpopular • Two main parties • 1923 Beer Hall Putsch • 1923-1930 Nazi rising in polls • 1933 – Hitler appointed Chancellor • Germany becomes military/police state Long Lived Germany You too, build the German Home
Eastern Europe • New Countries • Only Czechoslovakia democratic • Ethnic minorities • Right and Left wing radicals • Attempts to create middle class
Soviet Union • Industrialization under Stalin • Five year Plan, 1928-1932 • Cost in human lives was huge • Gulags • Factory efficiency • People paid for this • Peasants in country side especially hard hit Uncle Joe