That anger frequently found its outlet in an ideology that asserted not just the importance of the nation, but its unquestionable primacy and central predestined role in history. Italy was the birthplace of fascist ideology. ... Mussolini was prevailed upon by Hitler to peruse a racist programme, but it was not followed with great vigour in Italy. ... Italy established a secret police force in the form of the OVRA, Germany established the Gestapo. ... Opposition parties were banned from parliament; occurring in Italy in 1925 and in Germany in 1934. ...

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On the other side the Axis powers included Germany, Japan and Italy. ... During the 1930's Japan was very aggressive in Asia and Italy, lead by Mussolini was invading Ethiopia. ... The Allies conquered Sicily in south Italy and Italy surrendered in 1943. ... D-Day is a military term designating the start date for launching an operation, but in modern history it is refers to the events of June 6, 1944. ... The Allies began landing on the eastern coast of Italy attempting to open the road to Rome. ...

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Therein lies the secret of absolute power- (Rapoport 1989) Has this method been used by most of the well known bloodiest dictators in history? ... Benito Mussolini backed up by Hitler, became the worst dictator in Italy's history by trying to take over the world. ... Italy had suffered badly during the war - 460,000 soldiers were killed and the country was heavily in debt. ... His objective was to control all economic, political and social activities of the Italian people and all neighboring countries. ... Somewhere another predator awaits his chance to write his name in history and to ri...

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The Japanese were on the Axis powers that had Italy and Germany as allies. ... On one side there was the Axis Powers, which mainly consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... The main leaders in the Axis Powers were Hitler from Germany, and Mussolini from Italy. ... From this website, I used info about Benito Mussolini and the fascist party that rose to power in Italy. ... Also from this source is where I got facts on Benito Mussolini and the things he did for Italy, which included conquering Ethiopia for Italy and how he sided with Germany with the fascist wars they had. ...

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Italy had suffered badly during the war - 460,000 soldiers were killed and the country was heavily in debt. the Italian army had been heavily defeated and had only won its first major victory at Vittorio Veneto in October 1918. ... This made it look as if the Italian Government had been ignored. ... Mussolini set up the Fascist Party and posed as a strong man who could sort out Italy's problems. He promised to rebuild Italy and recreate the Roman Empire. ... Italy was clearly a fascist state and had totalitarian characteristics. ...

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They all deal with some of the greatest people in world history. ... Hemingway, FDR, and Mondrian lived during few of the hardest years in history of the world. ... Unable to enlist in the armed forces, due to an eyesight problem, Ernest volunteered to drive ambulances for the American Red Cross in Italy. During his time in Italy, Hemingway was seriously wounded in the legs and feet by shrapnel. ... While in the hospital, Ernest fell in love with a nurse, but their love affair came to an immediate end, when she walked out on him, for an Italian officer. ...

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However, at the time, the Pact was greeted as a turning point in history. ... Italy invaded Abyssinia in October 1935 primarily because he wanted to increase the Italian Empire in Africa and he wanted raw materials and living space for the increasing Italian population. The League denounced Italy as an aggressor and imposed economic sanctions. All trade was banned with League members, accounting for 70% of Italy's trade. It was assumed that this economic pressure would bring Italy to a negotiated settleme...

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Furthermore the nations that much suffered like France and Italy were not aid by no one, not even allies themselves. ... As many economist from the world knew that that amount of money at that time in history was impossible to pay the amount of money was reduced to 132 million marks; which was a lot but not as much. ... During World War 1 the U.S did not sent many troops, but it actually borrowed Britain, France and Italy over $9 Billion dollars. ...

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The English were largely an isolated community who were busy consolidating their power while the French and Spanish fought for control of northern Italy. ... The essay will now be discussing events and wars which shaped European history from the 1500's to 1650. The first set of wars focused entirely on Italy where the French King, Francis I, was eager to expand into Northern Italy. ... France withdrew its claim that it owned Northern Italy and Milan. ... The Conclusion for today is that there have been many wars in history motivated by religious, political and economic reasons. ...

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Book burning also helped because they were able to rewrite history in a way that the kids and even the older ones would support Nazism. ... Mussolini Mussolini wanted to go back to the times when Italy was a glorious empire so in 1922 with the help of his Black Shirts, he gained political power and named himself Il Duce by marching in thousands to demand power. He first became the Prime Minister, named himself Il Duce and then eventually became Italy's Dictator. ... He acted as the emperor of Italy and wanted to go back to the Roman Empire. During this time, Italy was unorganized,...

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Due to unresolved anger with the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of dictatorship in Europe, and United States isolation countries around the world took part in history's bloodiest and most widespread war, World War II. ... It was written by the Allied powers, including Britain, France, Italy, Japan and the United States, and Germany. ... In 1925, Benito Mussolini became the dictator of Italy. ... By the 1930's, Italy was beginning to be seen as a large world power that would have a large influence in the world. ... This lead to Italy supporting Germany against its war with Britain an...

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England and Russia during the time that Japan attacked the United States were in a war with German and Italy. ... So in our Nations best interest we agreed to help them and enter war in Europe against Germany and Italy. ... At that time Russia was also fighting the same war against Germany and Italy. ... The United States in return declared war on the Triple Alliance which included the countries Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. ... Looking through history, the United States seems to only have started wars in national defense. ...

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Spain's modern history has been a dark cloud in most American students minds. ... Not only in history books but a large part of the disregard of Spain was due to UN trade boycotts. ... Due to foreign support from Hitler's Nazis Germany and Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini the rebel army rapidly grew strength. Fascist Italy sent 70,000 soldiers to fight for the Nationalists and Germany supplied modern weaponry such as planes, tanks, and submarines. ... The German and Italian support of the rebels caused a great disparity between the weaponry of the rebels and that of...

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When it comes to military aspects, the United States can prove itself easily as a unipole; in 2007 the US spent 623 billion dollars, while the rest of the world combined summed up 500 billion dollar in military expenditures.3 Taking a look at the US history after the Cold War one can see that a unipolar system can be very troubled and full of conflicts. ... Put another way, the first two decades of unipolarity, which make up less than 10 percent of U.S. history, account for more than 25 percent of the nation's total time at war.... First World War was the formation of the Triple Alliance...

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Australia's history with Europe has been much like the way a child will learn and emulate her mother's ability to care for herself, manage her money and keep food on the table. ... To discover why contemporary Europe is of such importance to Australia, we must first look at its history. ... Dictatorships and Totalitarian rules were established in the countries of Russia, Italy and Germany. ... The European Union was originally established in 1950 to bring the six European nations of Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands closer together. ... It has also se...

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Argue your case with particular reference Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and USA. ... Countries such as Russia because of their political system were untouched by the devastating effects of the crash such as poverty and radical politics whereas other countries history was to be made because of it. ... Italy was extremely hard hit. ... In Italy the Fascist dictatorship led by Mussolini also failed to fulfil its promise of economic prosperity leading to extensive discontent. ... In Italy the implemented reforms managed to save the country from bankruptcy. ...

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In the same fashion as Patrick, Kirpal Singh recognizes his ethnic background in the western community of the Italian villa in The English Patient. ... In seeming contrast to the idea of the Bloor Street Viaduct demonstrating importance on ethnic differentiation, the Italian villa of The English Patient exists. ... Similarly, Kirpal dismisses his extreme racial identity as a Sikh upon arriving at the Italian villa. ... The Italian villa's walls in The English Patient are covered in trompe l"oeils. ... As Carravagio is introduced and a more detailed history of Almasy is offered, the reader...

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(Prange, 80) When Japan signed an agreement with Germany and Italy, the United States increased its forces in the Pacific to keep Japan in check. When Japan signed the pact with Germany and Italy it was given control of Greater East Asia.... ("Into the Eyes of War: The Mind of Japan", 2) The United States asked in return that Japan withdraw from China, and stop collaborating with the Axis, (Germany and Italy). ... One day after congress had declared war on Japan, both Germany and Italy as partners of Japan in the Tripartite Pact declared war on the United States. ... Pearl Harbor is just ...

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August 1914 one of the most historic events in history began. ... For Britain, France and Italy they had to borrow money from the United States to keep the war effort going. By the conclusion of the war Britain was in debt over 3.5 billion dollars, France was almost 2 billion and Italy was just over 1 billion dollars in debt10. ... The Great War as it has become known was a defining moment in modern history the impacts, which were and are felt around the world today. ...

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Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt moved ahead with the dual policy of building up U.S. defenses while giving assistance to those countries resisting the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... He was convinced that the security of the United States depended on the defeat of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... Nixon became president during one of the most controversial events in American history: Vietnam. ... On December 17, 1972 Nixon bombed Hanoi and Haiphong in the most severe aerial assault in history. ...

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English history is wrought with bouts of war, famine and chaos and near destruction of all British livelihoods. ... England has been a force to be reckoned throughout most of its history in all categories of life. ... The colonization of the original 13 colonies of modern day USA influenced the creation of the most technologically advanced, economically fueled, and politically savvy superpowers in history. ... Such attacks, as those in Northern Africa, Italy and France were all conglomerated forces of British and Americans. ... Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Ita...

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Introduction Recent history has certainly provided us with many examples of powerful, mutually beneficial alliances: France/England/US in WW I, Germany/Italy/Japan in WW II, just to name a few. These countries conglomerated to not solely for economic or military reasons, but for ideological reasons as well; France/England/US on the virtues of self-determination and democracy, Germany/Italy/Japan on the ideas of fascism and world domination. ... Sino-Soviet History The winds of change were blowing over Eastern Europe and China towards the end of World War I. ... In perhaps the most undo...

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. @ Vichy o Led by Marshall Henri Petain (WW1 war hero) May 26-June 4, 1940 Allies successfully evacuate 350,000 of the 400,000 trapped by the German defeat of France (blitzkrieg) o Among the evacuated is Charles De Gaulle Forms the basis for a Free French government-in-exile July 10, 1940 Beginning of the BATTLE OF BRITAIN o Hitler attempts to bomb England into submission in preparation for his planned invasion o After 6 months Hitler abandons his plans to invade due to his losses inflicted by the RAF o He mistakenly concentrated his air force upon London and other population...

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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the worst catastrophes in United States history. ... However, to understand why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor you have to trace history all the way back to the 1850's. ... In June 1940, accommodation was reached when an alliance was signed with the like-minded Germany and Italy. ... A decisive movement in Japanese history had arrived. ... Within a few days, Germany and Italy had also now declared war on the United States. ...

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The Triple Alliances (1887) which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. ... Nationalism involved all those who shared a common language , history and culture. ... On January 18, 1919 a conference to establish terms of peace began at the Palace of Versailles. 32 countries attended ,but the major decisions were decided by the Big Four: Woodrow Wilson of the United States, French Premier Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George of Great Britain and Vittorio Orlando of Italy. ... Italy eventually walked out because they were promised territory which they never received. ...

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