Hitler and Mussolini: an axis of power
Long before World War Two officially started, the stage was already being set for the war's commencement. One of the primary causes of the outbreak of war in Europe was the Alliance between military dictators Adolf Hitler of Germany and Benito Mussolini of Italy.
Mussolini, after assuming legal dictatorship of Italy in 1922, quickly saw his need for allies and contacted Germany to propose a military alliance against France. By 1923, a military alliance had been secured between the two countries, and this alliance persisted through Adolf Hitler's rise to power as German chancellor in 1933. With the alliance between Italy and Germany established, and with Hitler in power, both countries' imperial ambitions became clear. As an axis across Europe, Germany began to expand. German cessations of Austria and Czechoslovakia went unhindered by the great powers of England and France, but when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, England declared war on Germany with the intention of halting Germany's imperialistic pursuits. As Mussolini's Italy entered the war on Germany's side, a two-way war turned into a multinational affair that would eventually come to involve over 30 countries from all over the world in various theaters of war.
But before the majority of earth's countries were involved in the affair, the whole conflict originated from an alliance between two men: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. These two men's alliance was pivotal to their ambitions to conquer Europe and served as a primary catalyst for the escalation of World War II from a small conflict into a world-wide cataclysm.
But before the majority of earth's countries were involved in the affair, the whole conflict originated from an alliance between two men: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. These two men's alliance was pivotal to their ambitions to conquer Europe and served as a primary catalyst for the escalation of World War II from a small conflict into a world-wide cataclysm.
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