Survey • an overview of the peace treaties which ended World War I and their consequences Focus of study The rise of dictatorships after World War I • the conditions that enabled dictators to rise to power in the interwar period • an overview of the features of the dictatorships that emerged in Russia, Italy, Japan The Nazi regime to 1939 • the rise of the Nazi party and Hitler in Germany and the collapse of the Weimar Republic • the initial consolidation of Nazi power 1933–1934 • the nature of Nazi ideology • the role of prominent individuals in the Nazi state • the various methods used by the Nazi regime to exercise control, including laws, censorship, repression, terror, propaganda, cult of personality • the impact of the Nazi regime on life in Germany, including cultural expression, religion, workers, youth, women, minorities including Jews • opposition to the Nazi regime The search for peace and security in the world • an overview of the search for peace and security 1919–1946: ○ the ambitions of Germany in Europe and Japan in the Asia-Pacific the intentions and authority of the League of Nations and the UN