How did the rise of fascism and Nazism became one of the causes of the second World war?
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Answer:
The rise of extreme Nationalism in Italy and Germany in the form of Fascism and Nazism, respectively contributed to the causes which led to the Second World War. Italy wanted to receive the glory of the Old Roman Empire.
She joined the Anti-Commitern Pact in 1937 and formed a ten year alliance with Germany in 1939 to strengthen her position. Mussolini established dictatorship in Italy. He opposed the Treaty of Versailles. Italy demonstrated her imperialistic designs by attacking Abyssinia. The league of Nations failed to take any action against Italy , which exhibited the weakness of the League.
In Germany, Hitler wanted to re-establish the prestige of Germany in the international field. He flouted the military clauses in the Treaty of Versailles and declared re-armament. In 1938, he annexed Austria and dismembered Czechoslovakia.
Thus, Mussolini and Hitler drove the countries of the world towards another World War.
Explanation:
The word “Fascism”, Italian in origin, is the name given to all those political movements which arose after the First World War in Europe, with a view to suppress democracy and socialism on one hand and to establish the dictatorship on the other hand.
The ideologies of Fascism and Nazism were based on one party system and one man rule. The Naxis and the Fascists believed in Totalitarian Government, Aggressive Nationalism (Jingoism), Militarism and Anti-Communism. As such, both Hitler and Mussolini did not allow any other party to operate. The State was supreme and the common people’s interests came next to the state. The Fascists and Nazis aimed to gain control of other territories in different degrees to accelerate their economy.