Fascism was a new ideology that emerged during the Great Depression as a solution to economic hardship, a system that would unify every aspect of life under one rule and one direction. The direction of an dictator. The treaty of Versailles was the result of WWI that would punish Germany and other nations in the Central Powers. Mainly Germany, the treaty was seen as unjust and unfair, they lost land, large parts of the military, lost money, more than anything else though, they got their national pride ripped from them. The Great Depression was a period of economic downturn where nations across the world lost money and faced crisis causing many nations to turn to new ideologies and people to lead them.