Comintern

Hitler had been planning for a war long before he rose to power with a master plan for the domination of Europe outlined in his book Mein Kampf (1925) and Zwietes Buch (1928). His plans were to unite Germans under one empire, conquer Eastern Europe, end the Treaty of Versailles, create a national army, and exclude Jews from society, which were all causes for war. Hitler’s intentions were demonstrated in the Hossbach Memorandum, but some claim, including James Sheehan, that it was a strategy to…

terrible shooting, and the responses to it from governments all over the world. It discusses that when Poland was first taken under Nazi control when the war began in September 1, 1939. On September 5, Georgi Dimitrov the General Secretary of the Comintern quickly realized he needed the Russian’s help, and requested for Stalin, and by mid-September the Soviets had approximately a million soldiers and many tank units on the Polish border. Poland began to divide itself and about 250,000 soldiers…

Rebecca Szabo Exam #1 Nazi Party Versus Fascism There are many similarities and differences between Italian fascism and German Nazism that has both positively and negatively affected history that Kershaw highlights in To Hell and Back as well as our class discussions. Beginning with some differences, one of the most profound and key differences between Nazism and fascism is their differing views on race, racism, and racial superiority. Kershaw focuses much of his book on the explosion of ethnic…

The PSI being inspired by Bolshevik party’s seizure of power in Russia adopted this policy of revolution and made the decision to join the Comintern (the communist international, a Moscow-based organisation, its aims were to co-ordinate and control the activities of national communist parties). Now not committed to a socialist republic and the dictatorship of the proletariat, the socialist party organised numerous strikes, protests and demonstrations in Italy. It attracted massive publicity too,…

There is no real way of knowing whether or not World War 2 was inevitable because it is in the past and there is no changing the past, but it is still possible to think about the “What If”. There is a possibility that it could have been avoided, tracing all the way back to the creation of the Treaty of Versaille on June 28th, 1919 (Walsh 80). This document was created by Britain, France, and the U.S. President. The treaty was a peace document for the end of World War I and put many restrictions…

Rather that supporting the governments they opposed it altogether. This led to King Emmanuel III to give up his position to Mussolini, who in turn used his power to eventually form a Fascist dictatorship. Germany and Japan had developed an Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936 which was basically designed as a way to prevent communism. This pact was extended to Fascist Italy in the year 1937. Another significantly powerful totalitarian state in Europe, was the Soviet Union, which was controlled by Joseph…

first Asian nation to trade with Europeans as equals The Russo-Japanese War Of 1904-1905 ended in Asian victory Between the world wars During the Great Depression also of the resources went to rich In 1936 Japan joined the Hitler-sponsored Anti-Comintern…

12. The Sturmabteilung, also known as the Brownshirts, was the organization Adolf Hitler created to protect the Nazi Party from potential dangers at assemblies, but later began to disrupt rival parties’ meetings and to intimidate voters, Nazi opponents, and Jews in the streets. They were known as the Brownshirts because from the founding in 1921, the organization utilized brown shirts as their uniforms, as they were easily obtainable. The founding itself was controversial, as the Treaty of…

Joseph Stalin, “man of steel,” was either considered a hero or a cold blooded killer. His rise to dictatorship and communist reign led to the death and suffering of millions. He fought his way into power and it all began at a very young age. Stalin’s childhood was shaky and unstable, but that did not keep him from reaching his intended goals of being dictator. Joseph (losif) Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili was born December 18th, 1879 in the small Georgian town of Gori within the Russian Empire.…

also influenced the German people through his famous autobiography “Mein Kampf" or "My Struggle." Hitler put in place several political actions that led to the start of World War II. Two of these actions were the Rome-Berlin Axis Pact and the Anti-Comintern Pact, which allied Germany with Italy and Japan. Hitler also reclaimed land for Germany by invading Austria and…