Chapter 36: New Conflagrations: World War II and the Cold War

Italian and German aggression . Italy after the Great War . Italians felt slighted at the Paris Peace Conference . Italian losses high in World War I; economy never recovered . Mussolini promised national glory, empire . Annexed Libya; invaded Ethiopia (1935-1936), killed 250,000 Ethiopians. Germany: deep resentment at Treaty of Versailles ................
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