The document summarizes the effects of the Great Depression in Europe, including the rise of fascism in Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain. It describes how the Treaty of Versailles left Germany struggling economically and politically. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party criticized the democratic government and Hitler rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Hitler destroyed democracy and instituted fascist rule, targeting Jews for persecution and sending them to concentration camps. By 1938, Germany annexed Austria and expanded its territory, with Britain and France appeasing Hitler. The US entered WWII after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The war ended in 1945 after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan's surrender.