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He improved Germany's economy (1938).
Benito and Adolf did not like each other but they respected each others power, certainly Benito would have been interested in gaining more power. In 1938, Germany occupied Austria in the Anschluss (forbidden by Versailles). Hitler did not forewarn Mussolini about what he was going to do and this upset Mussolini's belief that he was an equal partner. However, there was nothing Mussolini could do about the Nazi occupation of Austria and it was clear from 1938 on that Mussolini was definitely the minor partner in the relationship.
Basically, Mussolini had originally disliked Hitler when he took control of Germany, and came close to going to war with Germany in 1934 when Nazis assassinated the dictator who ruled Austria (the Austrian dictator was friends with Mussolini; additionally, Italy didn't want Germany to annex Austria and become too powerful). Although Mussolini disliked Hitler, Hitler greatly admired Mussolini and even tried to copy things that Mussolini had done. However, Italy wanted to build an empire, and picked a fight with Ethiopia, which led to a full invasion. Hitler was the only world leader who expressed support for Italy in their war; all other major countries condemned it. Mussolini finally began to like Hitler; he relented and did not try to stop Hitler from annexing Austria in 1938. Eventually Germany and Japan began working on an alliance that would fight against Communist aggression (Japan lost a very short war against the Soviet Union and wanted allies in case of another war with them). Italy also joined the alliance; eventually Italy and Germany would form the "Pact of Steel", officially bonding the countries together in World War II, which started about four months later.
Hitler occupied the Czechoslovakian Sudetenland in late 1938, after the Munich Pact was organized by France and Great Britain on September 28, 1938.
March 12, 1938
The leaders was: Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain
The cast of Wort und Tat - 1938 includes: Joseph Goebbels as himself Adolf Hitler as himself Benito Mussolini as himself
He improved Germany's economy (1938).
Benito and Adolf did not like each other but they respected each others power, certainly Benito would have been interested in gaining more power. In 1938, Germany occupied Austria in the Anschluss (forbidden by Versailles). Hitler did not forewarn Mussolini about what he was going to do and this upset Mussolini's belief that he was an equal partner. However, there was nothing Mussolini could do about the Nazi occupation of Austria and it was clear from 1938 on that Mussolini was definitely the minor partner in the relationship.
The country of Italy took over Ethiopia between 1938 and 1939. Under the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini and the guidance of Adolf Hitler, Italian forces seized Ethiopia.
Anschluss was achieved in several different ways. Hitler was not going to make the same mistake he made in 1934. So by 1938, Hitler was allied with Mussolini. Also, Mussolini was occupied with the Spanish civil war, so unlikely to help Austria if Hitler did invade. Once Hitlers troops had marched into Austria, Hitler held a plebiscite (a vote). 99.75% of the Austrian population voted for a union with Germany. This is how Hitler achieved Anschluss
Hitler tried Anschluss with Austria in 1934, however was stopped by Italy's Mussolini, who told Hitler that if he took one step into the country, he would take military action on him. However this was during a time when relations between Hitler and Mussolini were poor, in 1936 the Rome-Berlin Axis Pact considerably improved relations between Germany and Italy, and by 1938 relationships had improved to such an extent that Mussolin permitted Hitler's Anschluss with Austria.
He was influenced by Nazi Germany.
The cast of Mnichov 1938 - 1968 includes: Eduard Benes as himself Neville Chamberlain as himself Prokop Drtina as himself Adolf Hitler as himself Frantisek Jezek as himself Jan Masaryk as himself Benito Mussolini as himself
Adolf Hitler was named Time Magazine Person of the Year in 1938.
The Munich Agreement was signed by Chamberlain (Britain), Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy) and Daladier (France) sto hand the Sudetenland over to Nazi Germany.
The Munich Pact (September 1938) was signed by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain and French prime minister Edouard Daladier, along with Hitler and his Italian ally Benito Mussolini. The pact gave Germany control of Czechoslovakia and failed to deter Hitler from invading Poland in September 1939.