Some countries such as Italy, Poland and Greece all wanted a piece of the action. ... The biggest example of this was Italy. Italy had originally been allied with Germany and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, but when war broke out Italy refused to march. Then a year later Italy signed a secret pact with the Allies, in exchange for Italy joining the war on the Allied side, the Allies would give Italy all the land they felt they had a claim to. At the end of the war the Italians never got anything near what they had been promised. ...

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Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. ... Italy had long-standing problems that were made worse by the war. ... The Italian fascio means "group" or "band.... The doctrines of Italian fascism had three components. ... Mussolini began to rebuild Italy in accordance with these principles. ...

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While going into the background, history, and causes for the war is not necessary for this essay, it is important to realize that the systems in place during the pre-war period were essentially political "boiling pots" and these tensions carried over through the war into post war circumstances to shape new social movements. ... Only four year later, in 1924, Mussolini had risen to power to become Prime Minister of Italy and then in 1925 he had become Italy's new dictator. ... France and Britain were also repudiating Italy out of its due gains by not handing over the extra land they had ...

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Germany needed rearmament and domestic consolidation, coupled with the gaining of alliances with Britain and Italy. ... Hitler believed that the history of mankind was really only a struggle for space among peoples, and that the strong survived by gaining the necessary living space from which they could continue to grow numerically, and in terms of racial quality. ... On 6 July 1920, he concluded "for us the enemy sits on the other side of the Rhine, not in Italy or elsewhere." And on August 1st of the same year "we must use everything we can, especially the differences between Franc...

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"Bertolt Brecht In 1914, the world witnessed one of the most terrible and bloody wars in the history of mankind to that date. ... Although new philosophy is not a new or even rare event in history, the ideological changes occurring in the latter half of the nineteenth century were markedly different from those in the past because science enhanced their credibility. ... When the recent history of each of the major contributors to the outbreak of war is examined, a interest for war, based on increased nationalism, can be discovered for each. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Based in Geneva, the League proved useful in settling minor international disputes, but was unable to stop aggression by major powers, Japan's occupation of Manchuria (1931), Italy's conquest of Ethiopia (1935-36), and Germany's seizure of Austria (1938). ... After World War I severeal treaties were signed (1919-20) in or near Paris, the most important of which was the Treaty of Versailles After World War II separate treaties were signed (1947) by the Allies at or near Paris with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. ...

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These four objectives have been key factors in the defining and shaping of our country throughout its history, and they continue to influence the world (Krawling, www.edu/odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/ essay1.htm#int). ... At the same time, American trade had tripled with Britain, France and Italy ("World War I" www. ...

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By the time of the First World War there was a whole new generation of young soldiers who not only could read but, very important, were able for the first time in the history of war to write letters home describing war in all its unheroic horror. ... Indeed, it is true that readers need a background awareness of psychology, anthropology, history and aesthetics to master some of the literature of the early years of Modernism: T.S. ...

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The First World War: A Complete History. ... Of these countries, twenty-eight joined forces to become the Allies and Associated Powers; they included Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

However the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, just two years after the war began, as well as the Axis powers declaring war two days after the attack, brought the US into World War II, something that analysts believe sealed the fate of Germany and Italy. ...

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• Has Bibliography