friendship with Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie‚ but Italy was already secretly planning to invade the African nation. In December 1934‚ a dispute at the Wal Wal oasis along the border between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland gave Italian dictator Benito Mussolini an excuse to respond with aggression. Italian troops stationed in Somaliland and Eritrea was instructed to attack Ethiopia. Overwhelmed by the use of tanks and mustard gas‚ the Ethiopians stood little chance. The capital‚ Addis Ababa‚ fell in
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in today’s real world. (Johnson‚ Hayden) Italian dictator Benito Mussolini coined the term totalitario in the early 1920s to describe the new fascist state of Italy‚ which he further described as: “All within the state‚ none outside the state‚ none against the state.” By the beginning of World War II‚ “totalitarian” had become synonymous with absolute and oppressive single-party government (Encyclopædia Britannica). However‚ Mussolini never achieved the degree of control exercised by Stalin and
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nations that was never a European colony‚ nonetheless it was still a victim of colonial greed: as it endured five oppressive years of Italian fascist occupation between the years of 1936 and 1941. The Invasion of Ethiopia by the fascist leader Benito Mussolini was one of “the greatest colonial wars ever fought on the African continent‚” paving the way for this five year occupation a “turning point in the country’s millennium-old history”. In fact it could even be considered the dark ages of Ethiopian
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declaring war on the two Axis powers. Three days ago‚ US President Franklin Roosevelt announced America was at war with Japan‚ the third Axis power‚ following the surprise attack on its naval base at Pearl Harbor. Today Italian dictator‚ Benito Mussolini‚ made his declaration first - from the balcony over the Piazza Venezia in Rome - pledging the "powers of the pact of steel" were determined to win. Then Adolf Hitler made his announcement at the Reichstag in Berlin saying he had tried to avoid
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How successful was Axis propaganda at generating a sense of solidarity on the home fronts? Introduction – The idea of propaganda to bring the country together to fight for one whole idea. The use of propaganda by the Axis powers during the Second World War was a fundamental concept in the war effort. Both countries became unified during the late 19th century so their need to generate a solidarity through an idealism was of particular importance. Propaganda was a useful tool in order that they may
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Chamberlain arranged the Munich Conference in order to avoid a general war. The Munich Conference was held in Munich in Germany in September 1938. Except Chamberlain and Hitler‚ the French Prime minister Eduard Daladier and the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini were also present at the Munich Conference but Czechoslovakia was absent. From the Munich Conference‚ the Munich Agreement was settled that Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia would be given to Germany provided that Germany would not demand further
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WWI‚ formerly the Great War‚ started in the summer of 1914 and ended in November 1918 and only about 21 years later WWII started in 1939 and did not end until 1945. WWI and WWII have many similarities and differences in tactics‚ weapons‚ and theaters of war‚ leaders‚ and technology. One of the similarities that these wars had was in tactics. Some of the tactics used in WWI were early forms of the Blitzkrieg tactic. Also there were differences in the tactics. Most of the tactic used in WWI was
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The Rise and Rule of single-party States Contents1 The Rise and Rule of Single-party States * 1.1 The Emergence of single party states in Europe after 1917 * 1.2 China- Mao Zedong * 1.3 Italy- Benito Mussolini * 1.4 Germany- Adolf Hitler * 1.5 Russia- Josef Stalin * 1.6 Cuba- Fidel Castro | Introduction * The 20th century produced many single-party states. The origins‚ ideology‚ form of government‚ organization‚ nature‚ and impact of these should be studied
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Leninist and Stalinist thoughts‚ with mixture of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ideology is called “Soviet Media Theory” is also known as “The Communist Media Theory”. The same theory was developed and followed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi in Germany and Benito Mussolini in Italy. Soviet Media Theory: Soviet media theory is imitative of Leninist principles which based on the Carl Marx and Engel’s ideology. The government undertake or controls the total media and communication to serve working classes and
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neutral power. On the other hand the development of Italy as a fascist power originates post WWI. Post-war Italy was promised land and power from the Allies‚ when they did not receive it they began to take action in their own hands. At this point Benito Mussolini began to rise in power‚ his ability to take action allowed him to gain popularity. An example is found in Italo-Ethiopian war‚ the allies had promised Italy land and had not given‚ so Italy took over Ethiopia. The League of Nations was unable
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