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5. Nazi Germany

On January 30, 1933, Hitler became Chancellor. A year later, he joined the functions of chancellor, president of the Republic and commander-in-chief. In doing so, he assumed all power and became the leader of Germany. When he came to power, Hitler, among other things, abolished trade unions and replaced them with the German Workers' Front and banned all political parties except his own. Property, the media and all cultural events came under Nazi control, thus making the life of the common man dependent on his loyalty to the new government.

6. Fascist Italy

Benito Mussolini formed the Fascist Party in 1919 in the hope that Italy would reach the size and power of Ancient Rome. He also founded the Fascist Militia, which consisted of armed detachments and liquidation teams that terrorized political opponents and increased fascist influence. Fascists' hallmarks were black shirts. Italy was in chaos and Mussolini gradually destroyed all democratic institutions. He declared that he alone could restore order and in 1925 declared himself dictator.

7. Soviet Union

After Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin also intended to take control of the Soviet Union. Initially, he removed many of the party from power and exiled to Europe and America, including Lav Trotsky, the man who was supposed to take Lenin's place. The paranoia was spreading, and Stalin was pursuing his own terror, arresting people in the middle of the night and staging trials that looked more like performances.

8. Second Sino-Japanese war

After the conquest of Manchuria, the Japanese decided to invade Shanghai. After the fall of Shanghai, hundreds of thousands of refugees headed west, according to Nanking. Chinese soldiers also retreated with them. It took the Japanese army a month to cross 280 km and reach Nanking. The massacre that happened showed the real face of Japan.

9. Adolf Hitler, Versailles

Although this happened,  the Munich Agreement of the Four Great Powers, Germany, Britain, France and Italy was  signed officially by Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini and Dahlade, contained eight points on the solution of the so-called judicial question, and essentially amounted to the death sentence handed down to Czechoslovakia.

10. Appeasement

During the 30s France and Britain were doing this, believing that Germany will stop spreading its power, especially after the Munich Agreement. Still, it wasn't enough, as Germany and Adolf Hitler was just preparing himself for great invasions on Poland and other countries.

11. They weren't prepared to enter the war against Germany.

When Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement he believed that Hitler's needs are satisfied and that he will stop spreading his power. Even then Churchill said that this was a wrong move, because it will give Germany wings to continue its path. The war was inevitable, according to him.

12. isolationism

Although United States participated in WW1, after the war ended they decided to move themselves from the things that were happening then. Monroe's Doctrine established in 19th Century once more became a main point in United States foreign affairs.

13. Third Reich

The Third Reich is a frequent name for the fascist German state between 1933 and 1945. This is the period in which the chancellor of Germany was Adolf Hitler. Namely, it was the "third" German state, beginning in 1933, when the constitution and functioning of the entire state were changed.

15.Non Aggression Pact

The USSR concluded an agreement with Nazi Germany in 1939 after Western powers refused to sign a mutual aid agreement with them. Soviet Union provided peace to the country for the next year and a half and provided an opportunity to prepare his forces for resistance, as Soviet authorities realized that they could count only on their forces. Agreement was signed between Molotov and Ribbentrop.

16. blitzkrieg

Blitzkrieg is a popular term for operational military doctrine that envisages the use of mobile attacking forces using speed and surprise to prevent the enemy from establishing a coherent defense in a timely manner. Military doctrines based on blitzkrieg theory were developed after World War I as a method of avoiding positional trench fighting in future conflicts.

18. Nazi Germany.

Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, but did not send troops to Poland. France capitulated on June 22, 1940. Its northern part was put under German occupation, several ports in southern France were obtained by Italy and the remainder were controlled by the Vichy-based government, led by Marshal Petain, a German associate.

20. Axis

In September 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed a document on cooperation and mutual assistance - the Tripartite Pact. The Pact was soon joined by Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, and next year by Bulgaria. According to agreement, this countries divided their area of influence.