Question

Which two countries fell to dictators following World War I? Scandinavia and Germany Germany and Italy China and Russia Germany and France

Answer 1

The correct answer is: "Germany and Italy".

Germany had been considered guilty for all the losses beared during WWI and was oblied, through the Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919, to pay economic reparations to some of the victorious powers. It was also forced to delimitarize and to keep its armed forces and weapon production at a minimum.

These requirements severely damaged the German economy, causing a big recession and even an hyperinflation crisis. Germans felt humilliated and this is one of reasons why, when right-wing extremist and nationalist forces, leaded by Hitler, emerged promising to stop that situation and to restore German pride and to put Germany in the position it deserved as the strongest European power, Germans supported Hitler.

Italy also suffered a period of crisis after WWII, and the fascist party leaded by Benito Mussolini also gained support using nationalist ideas and propaganda. He promised to achieve territorial expansions, that were promised to Italy but did not arrive after WWI, and that his leadership would restore the Italian former glory, resembling the times of the Roman Empire.

Answer 2

he three most important dictators to arise in Europe in the decade or so after the First World War were Benito Mussolini in Italy, Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union and Adolf Hitler in Germany. These men rose to power essentially because their countries had in some way been made unhappy by the outcome of that war.