In essence, Italy was a historical follower; the government jumped onto the Allied bandwagon when it was clear they would win World War I and later switched sides in order to join the Axis Powers when World War II began. ... Anonymous articles during this time continued to proclaim that the Fascist government were not pacifistic, as were the democracies. ... He marched into Austria in March of 1938, warning Rome at the last possible moment. All the while Italy had a full plate with it's involvement in Spain, Hitler felt he could take Austria and Czechoslovakia. ... Mussolini paid back...

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In 1919, Hitler became fascinated with politics and at the same time fell in love with German culture and German nationalism, although he was from Austria. ... Earlier, Hitler had become interested in three political parties, Austrian Social Democrats, Georg von Schonerer's Pan-German Nationalists, and Karl Lueger's Christian Social Party. ... He starts by trying to take over the current government in Germany. The Germany government made a big mistake when they decided to resume payments for their war debts. ... Hitler organized the Nazi party so that it was ready to be a govern...

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They included the Fatherland Front, led by Engelbert Dollfuss in Austria, the Falange founded by Jose Antonio Primo in Spain, the Cross of Fire, renamed the French Social Party led by Colonel Francois de La Rocque, the Gentile National Socialist Movement and the South Africa Fascists, both in South Africa, the Ku Klux Klan in the United States, and the military dictatorship of Admiral Tojo Hideki in Japan (RoSo, 2002). ... Mussolini capitalized on the uninspired leadership, weak government and economic chaos that fell on Italy during this time to glorify authoritarian and military virtues, and...

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They invaded the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. ... This rejected Economic Freedom, Private Property, Self-Interest and as well as Competition since the state controlled the economy--since it is in Stalin's plan to have a command economy or a system in which the government makes all the decisions involving the economy of the nation-state. ... There was also no room for competition since the government controlled everything and everyone had to follow what the government ordered to meet the planned production increase, which is 20% per year. ...

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