How Did Mussolini's Decision To Invade Germany

The Second World War has gone down in infamy as the battle between good and evil; between imperialistic expansionism by the lights of Germany, Japan, and Italy. In most cases it is seen as the “Good War”, fighting the fascist system of government and guarding against the spread and (proposed) global domination by Adolf Hitler for the people of Germany. In some part this may be true, but it is my belief that Japan and Germany, particularly, were devoted to their expansionist values for the sake of supplying food for their people -- by annexing neighboring territories like Manchuria (in Japan’s case), it provided land for cultivation and eventual habitation of the Japanese. Nevertheless, Adolf Hitler, promising the best for the German people,
American President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the 1937 Neutrality Act in an effort to distance itself from the war, and made efforts to avoid it all costs by limiting naval contact with Asia. By May of 1938 Mussolini had joined Hitler in an effort to fight off the belligerents (democracies), during a speech in Rome. Later that Fall, final efforts were made by France and Great Britain to appease Germany with the land of Sudetenland in hopes of gaining peace. Yet the air force bombs released on Poland sounded the beginning of the Second World War. Not two days after the invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany (honoring alliances to Poland). America renounced its neutrality to aid Britain and France with munitions by
As tensions grow in Europe, Roosevelt employs defensive measures to combat the oncoming threat of war for America, requesting increased defense spending and moving the United States Pacific Fleet base to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. These fears were realized in late September of 1940, when Japan decided to join the German-Italian coalition after copious embargo and trade regulations from the U.S. The final forces of the Second World War would form after Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union, violating their previously held Nonaggression Pact in June of 1941, prompting the United States to aid the Soviets with materials for the war. This resulted in the unexpected Allied Forces: the Soviet Union (Josef Stalin), the United States (Franklin Roosevelt), and Great Britain (Winston Churchill). And the Axis Powers were joined together as well: Germany (Adolf Hitler), Japan (Hirohito), and Italy (Benito