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Japan in the early 1900s started to open up to democracy. People were able to make changes that allowed more freedom. It also became easier to vote for men, and by 1925 all men had the right to vote. However, they also started suffering from the world's economic depression and their debt grew. The number of terrorist attacks increased and they killed the prime minister. Slowly but surely their military also gained power. In 1931 Japan attacked Manchuria and the League of Nations did nothing. After that, they attacked China with all of their might and mistreated Chinese people. Later they would attack the USA.

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The Italians fought on the side of the Allied powers during WW1 however they did not like the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. They didn't feel appreciated after they sent more than 5 million soldiers into battle. They lost 2 million spoilers, and in return, they wanted some land. It turned out that they weren't writing a lot of the treaty so they never got that land. Afterwards Benito Mussolini came along and was in charge of the Italian Fascist Party. The King gave Mussolini the power to make his government. He became ruler and afterward, they conquered Ethiopia.

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After WW1 Germany continued to suffer. The Germans felt betrayed by the Treaty of Versailles. The government lost control. Then a bouncing little boy by the name of Adolf Hitler rose up to power. He blamed Germany's problems on the Jews and said that Germans were the superior race. Each rule of the Treaty of Versailles he broke were ignored by other countries so he became worse with each attack.

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In World War 1 the Allied Powers were France, the UK, Russia, the US, Italy, and Japan. There was a little switch up in World War 2. It started off with Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the US, and China.

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The Spanish Civil War lasted 3 years. The Soviet Union supported the Republican side. Hitler and Mussolini supported the Nationalists. The Nationalists won and made a strong government under Franco Francisco's rule. This began facism in Spain.

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Mussolini and Hitler supported Franco. Germany and Italy signed a pact and they were called the Axis Power. Later Germany and Japan made an alliance. They all felt the Soviet Union was a very big threat.

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The Rhineland is is the area around the Rhine River. It's on the western end of Germany and was the center of many border disputes. Hitler invaded Rhineland and took over it

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To appease mean to avoid conflict. Europe was exhausted from WW1 and had their own economic struggles. They did not know what limits Germany and Italy would go to to gain power and let a lot of things slide.

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Hitler also wanted Sudetenland. This was a part of Czechoslovakia. He wanted to take this land under the claim that he wanted to unite all Germans and people there were of German origins.

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Hitlers next target was Poland. Hitler signed the Soviet German non aggression pact. This came as a surprise to everyone