Mussolini, however, felt differently about Italy's role in the Spanish Civil War. ... The sequence of events that followed Italy's brutal involvement in the Spanish Civil War fell into place one-by-one to assure the alliance with Germany. ... All the while Italy had a full plate with it's involvement in Spain, Hitler felt he could take Austria and Czechoslovakia. ... It gave the Germans almost everything they were working for: a partial annexation of Czechoslovakia, which helped them forge ahead straight into the Balkans and along the Danube River. ... Italian involvement in w...

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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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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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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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In order to help the economy the government tried to print more money to pay striking workers. ... By the end of World War I Germany was in such a horrific state they were desperate to find a strong leader who could help them overcome the Treaty of Versailles' harsh terms, allowing room for Hitler to ease his way into power. ... This created homogenous thoughts and would help insure there would be no rebellion in Germany. ...

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