The Start of WWII
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Nine 35, Germany's Rearming
Italy, closely following what's going on in manchuria, decides it will make its own push for imperial greatness. Mussolini wanted to turn italy into a new rome. He had his eyes on libya, particularly the fertile trip along the mediterranean which moslia believed would support up to six million italian peasants. The invasion of ethiopia was hitler's first huge success. And critically, it put hitler in a greatly strengthened position when it came to confronting his more cautious generals.
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