what were the roles of italy in world war 2?
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The role of Germany was to conquer the world. Italy role had no role because every time Italy did something Germany had to saved them. British was try to protect Poland and Stop Germany for taking Britain. USA roles was to get revenge on japan and help Britain. Japan want to conquer the pacific. The soviet roles was to stop the Germany's.
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Well, the Allies were many different countries.  You would have to narrow down your question a little bit if you want to know something specific.  As far as some of the Allies go, China, France, England and Russia, as well as many other countries, were fighting to save their homeland.  Many of these countries were actually occupied by one or more of the Axis powers.  England held its own, but Germany was attempting to invade and did its best, but England was too determined to keep them out.  If you ask why the United States was involved in the war, it was partly because we were attacked by the Japanese.  The reason we fought in the European Theater is because the Allied leadership felt it was necessary to defeat the Germans and Italians because they were the more powerful combination in the Axis.  For your actual question, why were they fighting?  The Allies felt that people deserved the right to be free and be able to live the way they wanted as long as they didn't infringe on others right to do the same and the Axis powers wanted to control everyone and force them to live by their rules and according to their beliefs.  That would be why the Allies fought, to stop that from happening.
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U.S. entered WW2 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Almost immediately after the attack, the congress almost unanimously declared war on Japan. (only one person was against the war).  \n\nWhen U.S. declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on U.S. So, U.S. unanimously declared war on Germany. \n\nA) Italy and Japan were allied with Germany\n\nRussia was also allied with Germany but Hitler broke the Hitler-Stalin Pact and attacked Russia. Russia joined the Allied forces afterwards.\n\nPoland was never allied with Germany.\n\nAustria and Hungary were allied with Germany in WW1.
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During the 1930s, Germany, Italy, and Japan tried to build world empires at the expense of others.  This resulted in a world war as other nations attempted to stop them.  World War II was the most destructive war in human history and became a turning point in history as is resulted in the division of the world into two competing political ideologies: Democracy and Communism.\n\nRise of Fascism\nFascism is the rule of a people by a dictatorial government that is both nationalistic and imperialistic.  Fascist are also anti-communist.  Fascism rose in Italy and Germany due to a severe economic depression that caused widespread poverty.  Benito Mussolini in Italy, and Adolf Hitler in Germany both promised solutions to these problems, and were able to win the support of the masses as they took absolute control over their countries.  Imperialistic goals in Italy, Germany, and Japan resulted in the start of World War II. \n\nThe War\nGermany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers and waged war against the Allies, composed of Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.  The war was waged across the globe, with major battles taking place in Europe, North Africa, and various Pacific Islands.  War in Europe ended after the destruction of Germany in the Spring of 1945, and ended in the Pacific after the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August of that same year.  World War II is a turning point because it marks the beginning of the Nuclear Age, and because it resulted in the creation of the two Superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States. \n\nRebuilding Japan and Germany\nRather than repeat the mistake made by the Versailles Treaty which severely punished Germany for World War One, the allies occupied and rebuilt Japan and Germany. During this occupation, democratic governments were established and infrastructure destroyed during the war was rebuilt. West Germany and Japan would go on to become very competitive economically, often being ranked and compared to the United States.\n\nColonialism Ends\nAfter World War Two, self-determination was extended beyond Europe to regions across the world. Former colonial possessions of European nations such as India and French Indochina became sovereign nations, establishing their own governments.\n\nDemocracy vs. Communism\nAfter the war, the United States and other democratic nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which was a military alliance against communism.  The Soviet Union, which had gained control of most of Eastern Europe during the war, formed the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance against NATO.  This period of conflict between democratic and communist countries is known as the Cold War.  The two Superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, dominated world events for nearly 50 years after the end of the war.
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Wikipedia's article Participants in World War II lists them all and their level of participation. The combatants were the Allies namely Great Britain and its empire/Commonwealth, the US, USSR, France and China and others. It was opposed by the Axis led by Nazi Germany, Japan and Fascist Italy.
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Japan invaded China in 1936 some say that was the start of World War Two.  The war in Europe started when Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and France and England declared war on Germany.\n\nThe cause of the 2nd World War was the treaty that ended the first world war.
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Because a lot of world powers(the US, Germany, China, Italy, etc) were fighting in the war, and it wasn't just one country against the other.
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aircraft:\n\nMC-200 I to Vll "Saetta", Macchi\nMC.202 III to  XII"Folgore", Macchi\nMC-205 V Series I "Veltro", Macchi\nMC-205 V Series III "Veltro", Macchi\nFiat CR-42 "Falco"(biplane)\nFiat G.50\nJu52 " Stuka"\nRegia Marina \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regia_Marina#With_the_Axis\n"Fleet-in-being" mediterranean fleet - see Taranto\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto\n\nArmy\n\nhttp://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-weapons/italian_ww2.htm\nhttp://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/Italy/italy.html\nhttp://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://digilander.libero.it/avantisavoiait/Regio%2520Esercito.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRegio%2BEsercito%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-51,GGLG:en
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Whose reason? Germany's reason? Italy's? America's? Japan's?\n\nTwo main reasons: Axis aggressions and Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.\nCatalyst prompting war in Europe: Blitzkrieg - Hitler's invasion of Poland.\n\nGeneral reasons: imperialism (German, Japanese, and Italian), alliance systems, appeasement, racism (anti-semitism), expansionism.\n\nAxis powers: Germany, Italy, Japan. \nAllies: USA, Britain, USSR, France.
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There a chance for Italy.
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The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. During the war they were often called the United Nations, although that name now usually refers to the United Nations organisation they established after the war.\n\nOn September 1, the German invasion of Poland began World War II. Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand all declared war on Germany on September 3. Nepal, Newfoundland, Tonga, South Africa and Canada followed suit within days. On September 17, USSR invaded Poland from the East and on November 30 Soviet Union attacked Finland. The following year the USSR annexed the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) together with parts of Romania. The German-Soviet agreement was brought to an end by the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941.\n\nThe United States of America joined the Allies following the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. The Declaration by United Nations, on January 1, 1942, officially united 26 nations as Allies. (The Declaration also formed the basis for the United Nations.) The informal Big 3 alliance of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States emerged in the latter half of the war, and their decisions determined Allied strategy around the world.\n\nDates on which states joined the Allies\n \nWestern allies blue, Soviet allies red, Axis powers black over the course of the war.\n\n\n\n[edit] Following the German invasion of Poland\n Poland: 1939, 1 September \n United Kingdom: 1939, 3 September (included Indian Empire & Crown Colonies) \n France: 1939, 3 September \n Australia: 1939, 3 September \n New Zealand: 1939, 3 September \n Nepal: 1939, 4 September \n South Africa: 1939, 6 September \n Canada: 1939, 10 September \n\n[edit] After the end of the Phony War\n Norway: 1940, 9 April \n Belgium: 1940, 10 May \n Luxembourg: 1940, 10 May \n Netherlands: 1940, 10 May \n Greece: 1940, 28 October \n Kingdom of Yugoslavia: 1941, 6 April \n Soviet Union: 1941, 22 June \nTannu Tuva: 1941, 25 June \n\n[edit] After the attack on Pearl Harbor\n Panama: 1941, 7 December \n Costa Rica: 1941, 8 December \n Dominican Republic: 1941, 8 December \n El Salvador: 1941, 8 December \n Haiti: 1941, 8 December \n Honduras: 1941, 8 December \n Nicaragua: 1941, 8 December \n United States of America: 1941, 8 December \n Republic of China: 1941, 9 December \n Guatemala: 1941, 9 December \n Cuba: 1941, 9 December \n Czechoslovakia (Government-in-Exile) : 1941, 16 December \n\n[edit] After the Declaration by United Nations\n Mexico: 1942, 22 May \n Brazil: 1942, 22 August \n Ethiopia: 1942, 14 December \n Iraq: 1943, 17 January \n Bolivia: 1943, 7 April \n Iran: 1943, 9 September \n Italy: 1943, 13 October (formerly a member of the Axis) \n Colombia: 1943, 26 November \n Liberia: 1944, 27 January \n\n[edit] After D-Day\n Romania: 1944, 25 August (formerly a member of the Axis) \n Bulgaria: 1944, 8 September (formerly a member of the Axis) \n San Marino: 1944, 21 September \n Albania: 1944, 26 October \n Hungary: 1945, 20 January (formerly a member of the Axis) \n Bahawalpur: 1945, 2 February \n Ecuador: 1945, 2 February \n Paraguay: 1945, 7 February \n Peru: 1945, 12 February \n Uruguay: 1945, 15 February \n Venezuela: 1945, 15 February \n Turkey: 1945, 23 February \n Lebanon: 1945, 27 February \n Saudi Arabia: 1945 March \n Argentina: 1945, 27 March \n Chile: 1945, 11 April \n\n[edit] After the bombing of Hiroshima\n People's Republic of Mongolia: 1945, 9 August
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You should look up something called "World War II." It's a little known fact that while Germany was killing Jews in Europe, the U.S. WAS FIGHTING A WORLD WAR. I'm sure that the U.S. would have loved to have helped out earlier, but they were preoccupied.  Invading Germany to free prisoners aint no trip to cleveland.  Here's a question, why didn't Italy, the USSR, England, Spain, or Iran intervene sooner?
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Great Britain\nUnited States\nRussia\nFrance\nItaly--joined later (was part of axis before)
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Alliances ( allies and axis ) and agression by the axis and the allies responce to it.
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Mussolini\n-Fascist Italy\noNever entirely controlled\n-Embittered war veteran, from working class\n-manipulates way into power\nobullies way and forces Victor Emmanuel to concede power to him\noappeals to disgruntled veterans\noanti-communist and initially anti-liberal\noappeals to conservative, powerful bourgeoisie elite\nodoesn’t ever make it completely state run economically for this reason\nogood speaker/propagandist \noRaises political awareness for party\nItaly’s Fascist party\n•Anti communist\n•Bitter about not getting territory in Africa for trade from Treaty of Versailles\n•Idea of reinvigoration, revitalization of Italy\noUses Ancient Roman propoganda\n•Blame on socialists, communists, and those who slighted them at Versailles\n•Appeals to Catholics (agenda of the Vatican), conservatives, landowners, industrialists\noPromises jobs, restore ancient glory, patriotic nationalism, economic progress, industry, formidable military\noNot completely totalitarian\nAllows some bourgeoisie independence to maintain support\nIe) economic freedom\noRelationship with Hitler\nHitler needs alliances/ports there\nBoth need African territory\n-March on Rome, 1922\noPropaganda \noPolitical act\noSeizes capital of country to compel King to support fascist party\n-Black shirts\noMussolini’s thugs, not systematic, just beat up people\noComponent of terror, vigilanty \n-Lateran Agreement, 1929\noCreates Catholic state\noVatican support of fascist agenda\noWise political alliance\n-Invasion of Ethiopia, 1935\n\n\nMussolini and fascism in Italy\nMussolini hated liberalism; his movement was the first fascist movement--a halfway house between conservative authoritarianism and modern totalitarianism.\nThe fascist seizure of power\nPrior to 1914, Italy was moving toward democracy but with problems: Catholics, conservatives, and landowners hated liberalism and the country was divided.\nOnly in Italy did the Socialist party gain leadership prior to 1914.\nThe First World War and postwar problems ended the move toward democracy in Italy.\nWorkers and peasants felt cheated because wartime promises of reform were not carried out.\nNationalists felt cheated by the war settlement.\nThe Russian Revolution energized Italy's socialists into occupying factories and farms.\nBy 1922, most Italians were opposed to liberal, parliamentary government.\nMussolini's Fascists opposed the "Socialist threat" with physical force (the Black Shirts).\nMussolini marched on Rome in 1922 and forced the king to name him head of the government.\nThe regime in action\nMussolini's Fascists manipulated elections and killed the Socialist leader Matteotti.\nBetween 1924 and 1926, Mussolini built a oneparty Fascist dictatorship but did not establish a fully totalitarian state.\nMuch of the old power structure remained, particularly the conservatives, who controlled the army, economy, and state.\nThe Catholic church supported Mussolini because he recognized the Vatican as an independent state and gave the church heavy financial support.\nWomen were repressed, but Jews were not persecuted until late in the Second World War.\nOverall, Mussolini's fascist Italy was never really totalitarian.\n\n\nthose are my AP euro notes on Mussolini
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Italy versus Britain then Germany joined in. Theoretically Vichy France then joined Germany against Britain.\nFinally the USA joined Britain by which time Italy had virtually dropped out.
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Shortly after the United States entered World War II, the Allies agreed that the European Theater would have priority in the war over the Pacific Theater. The Marine Corps' war was in the Pacific and all war plans regarding the employment of Marines reflected that. Nevertheless, because the Marine Corps was part of the naval establishment, it had responsibility also for furnishing men to parts of the Navy assigned to the European and Mediterranean theaters and to the operations conducted there.\n\nThese were not large Marine formations, but were, for the most part, individual Marines and small detachments assigned to guard duty at the barracks and naval operating bases established in the United Kingdom, or men assigned as "sea-going" Marines in the detachments of the large fighting ships. Another category was filled by those intrepid Marines who volunteered for duty with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), to undertake covert operations with the underground against the Nazis in the occupied countries of Europe and North Africa.