This investigation focuses on how Hitler and Mussolini co-operated in the inter-war period , which led to the Rome-Berlin Axis in 1936. I will focus on how the Abyssinian Crisis, the Spanish Civil War and Hitler’s ambitions for Anschluss, including their common ideologies and enemies, as well as their aggressive foreign policies. I have chosen this topic to understand how the two leaders needed each other in order to revise the consequences of the Versailles Treaty, as well as their envy for revenge against the Allied Powers, Britain and France.
One method to be used in this investigation is an examination of the different events that drew closer Hitler and Mussolini, as well as others key factors in the process of understanding their rapprochement …show more content…
As their common ideologies, enemies and foreign policies are to be taken under consideration, the two leaders were to use each other to achieve their goals of post-Versailles revisions, more specifically their alliance against the Allied power, Britain and France. When Hitler political and military influence progressively became to be known in Europe, he particularly picked interest in the eye of Mussolini, leader of the Fascist country of Spain. After their first meeting in June 1924, Mussolini first described Hitler as ‘that mad little clown’ but later realized that he had more to gain with a friendship with Germany than with Britain and …show more content…
This war allowed both countries to cover one of their common ideologies: hatred of Communism. Indeed, Russia was supporting the Republicans in Spain. The Anti-Comintern Pact followed this event in 1937, which reinforce their hatred for the Bolsheviks. During his speech in 1932, Mussolini publicly expressed to the Fascist Council his support for Germany’s re-armament, which then allowed in the future Hitler’s invasion of the Rhineland due to the Ethiopian invasion. Mussolini’s granted support was a key factor in Hitler’s rise after Germany’s downfall following the Versailles Treaty and Paris Peace settlements: “I have been striving for many years for a relationship with Italy”
One method to be used in this investigation is an examination of the different events that drew closer Hitler and Mussolini, as well as others key factors in the process of understanding their rapprochement …show more content…
As their common ideologies, enemies and foreign policies are to be taken under consideration, the two leaders were to use each other to achieve their goals of post-Versailles revisions, more specifically their alliance against the Allied power, Britain and France. When Hitler political and military influence progressively became to be known in Europe, he particularly picked interest in the eye of Mussolini, leader of the Fascist country of Spain. After their first meeting in June 1924, Mussolini first described Hitler as ‘that mad little clown’ but later realized that he had more to gain with a friendship with Germany than with Britain and …show more content…
This war allowed both countries to cover one of their common ideologies: hatred of Communism. Indeed, Russia was supporting the Republicans in Spain. The Anti-Comintern Pact followed this event in 1937, which reinforce their hatred for the Bolsheviks. During his speech in 1932, Mussolini publicly expressed to the Fascist Council his support for Germany’s re-armament, which then allowed in the future Hitler’s invasion of the Rhineland due to the Ethiopian invasion. Mussolini’s granted support was a key factor in Hitler’s rise after Germany’s downfall following the Versailles Treaty and Paris Peace settlements: “I have been striving for many years for a relationship with Italy”