He was influenced by unforeseeable international events, and he logically took advantage of these when they could in any way help Germany in its quest for living space. ... This trait that allowed him to use circumstances to help attain his goals was seen in 1920 with Italy, and would continue after he had formulated his program with such decisions to intervene in Spain and sign non-aggression pacts with hereditary enemies in Poland and Russia.(9) The Italian alliance by itself did not amount to very much, but it at least provided a basis for an outline of foreign policy. ...

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The Swiss also used their trucks to move gold to Spain where it was sold. "Spain acquired more than $138 million in gold during the war and that little more than $1 million was recovered by1946" (Newsday, pg. 1). ... The Swiss bankers also gave hard currency to Germany to help fund their war. ... The Swiss also helped Germany with all kinds of military aides. ... When I see the facts I think that Switzerland was not neutral and helped the Nazis more then they helped the allied nations. ...

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As far as Britain and France were concerned, a strong Germany could help save Europe from the spread of Communism. ... As a result, America could no help America in any struggle with Germany. Hitler had strong weapons, as seen in the Spanish Civil War, and many countries would not be able to compete with his weapons. ... Appeasement encouraged Hitler in many ways, it helped him grow strong and build a powerful Germany. ... Although Britain needed time to rearm, Germany would still continue to rearm and would still be strong and powerful, so rearming would not help to win the war. ...

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Hitler's Anti-Semitic ideas of having the pure Aryans (Germans) ruling over the non-pure Aryans (British, Dutch, and Scandinavians), the Latin's (Italian, French, and Spanish), the Slavs who would be used as slave laborers, and lastly the Jews who were to be dealt with at the extermination death camps which used gas chambers and crematories and were spread all across Europe (Mostly in Poland and Germany.) ... It should have been a landslide victory for the British, but the Continental Army dug deep to boost their moral and with the help of the French we defeated the British and sinc...

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During World War Two, while much of the world was fighting a war against Germany, Germany was fighting another war against what it considered the "undesirables" of its countries. Most of these undesirables were Jews. Although there are a number of other groups who were targeted during this time. One...

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The Catholic Church saw fascism as the lesser of two evils and supported Franco in Spain and Mussolini in Italy. ... Thus, the failure of democracy and the yearning for a strong 'messiah' like figure all helped to the rise of Fascist leaders. ...

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Although Hitler's dynamic public speaking ability had the most effect on the German population, the superfluous propaganda helped to shove them in the right' direction. ... However, Hitler and Benito Mussolini helped the fascists to power in Spain, and Hitler's Policy of National Aggression also led to the outbreak of WWII. ... It also didn't help that the soviets had the "home field advantage- so to speak. ...

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