Crisis and Ultranationalism: Three WW2 Case Studies

In this course we look at four major factors athat contribute to the rise of ultranationalism:
1. Crisis
2. Expansionist National Interests
     -the belief that expanding the territory of the country could benefit the country to make it eceonomically, ethnically, socially, or politcally more secure.
3. Charismatic Leadership
4. Instilling Ultranationalist Values and Beliefs (using propaganda)
This post will focus on the issue of Crisis and how it leads to ultranationalism
We will focus on three aspect of crisis that contribute to ultranationalistic sentiments

Based on what was discussed in class - can you identify the general crisis that the world was facing in each of these areas?

How did the Great Depression contribute to global crisis? Both national and international crisis contributed to the rise of ultranationalist sentiments in each of the following countries.
Japan

Italy

Germany

Germany's situation was arguably the worst of the three since on top of similar issues the other countries were facing Germany was also trying to pay off the War Debt it was saddled with after WW1 through the Treaty of Versailles.

In each of these three cases the first action that they each made was to expand their territory. This they believed was in their national interests.

and

What was the worlds response?
Appeasement

so Germany is essentially allowed to invade various surrounding areas until it starts looking ever so greedily at Poland