Introduction Ever since World War Two‚ when the dictators Hitler and Stalin rose to power‚ a new form of government has become ever more prevalent‚ both in popular culture and real life (Arendt). Through a singular ideology and extensive propaganda campaigns‚ totalitarian governments control the populace as completely as they are able‚ discouraging individual thought and criticism of their regime (Laqueur). Although relatively young in conception‚ the idea of a controlling‚ near-omnipotent government
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Hitler commands the Germans to invade the Soviet Union in 1941 – this was Hitler’s greatest mistake‚ but was luck on the Soviets side or was it all just the leader Stalin’s good tactics and leadership? Even though Stalin was a mass murderer and a ruthless leader‚ he did one thing right. After the Soviets were losing battle after battle Stalin let his commanders fight the war as they knew it‚ did not interfere with their plan and stuck to his word‚ unlike Hitler did. Stalin let his commanders be true
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The Rise of Adolf Hitler After the failure of the putsch on November 9‚ 1923 and his “one year” imprisonment‚ Adolf Hitler realized that he needed to change his approach in order to seize the power he desired. In order to overthrow the government‚ Hitler needed to use democracy. After the stock market crash in 1929‚ the notion of Hitler becoming the leader became more tempting for the Germans. Using the tragic state of the economy to rise to power‚ Hitler managed to become Chancellor in 1933. This
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explains the potential dangers of engaging in acts of resistance against the Stalinist government by stating “it was safer to keep dynamite during the rule of Alexander II than it was to shelter the orphan of an enemy of the people under Stalin.” This contrast serves as a measurement of the challenges that made resistance extremely difficult for victims. As well as this‚ the general mistrust and secrecy
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Hitler’s ideology and his hatred for the Jews primarily formed his nationalist agenda‚ he had complex ideas about his own race and had no calms when it came to establishing his race as the dominant‚ most superior one. Hitler did not believe that all races were equal and neither was race just a social construct. He wrote about different human characteristics‚ and defined which races according to him were superior or inferior. He called the German people Arians and claimed that they were the master
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How was Stalin able to Establish a Totalitarian Regime People believe that the reason why Stalin rose to power was because of his clever political strategy and the way he worked with the civilians to gain their support. Soon they realised that Stalin was now in control of the way everybody thinks and wiping out hundreds of people everyday. This essay will briefly explain how Stalin was able to succeed during the New Economic Policy debate and rise into authority‚ how he managed to establish his
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GCSE History Revision notes: Rise of Hitler Origins of the Nazi Party The Nazi Party was formed in January 1919 by Anton Drexler. Originally it was named the German Workers Party (DAP). Hitler joined in Autumn of 1919. He quickly rose to become the leader of the party. The party was transformed by Hitler and became a political party rather than the discussion group that it had been when he joined. The SA (Brownshirts) was formed to protect Hitler and other party leaders at meetings. It also
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this opportunity‚ Hitler rose to power. The Treaty of Versailles‚ established post World War I‚ led Germany to humiliation. They lost their land‚ military‚ respect‚ and a say in world affairs. Germany became isolated‚ and to the German people‚ Hitler was their ultimate savior. In a matter of years‚ Hitler quickly rose to power and boosted the economy. He had satisfied Germany‚ in the early years‚ and came to power in a legal manner. Along with the rest of Germany‚ Adolf Hitler was depressed after
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The rise of Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union for 31 years between 1922 and his death in 1953. During this time‚ he revolutionised the Russian economy with a combination of rapid industrialisation and centralised economic collectivism‚ reforms that in some instances caused massive devastation in rural parts of the country (including the famine of 1932-1933‚ in which up to 6m people starved to death). A hugely controversial figure on the global political
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Compare and contrast the dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin Totalitarianism is when all three powers of the state (judicial‚ executive‚ and legislative) are controlled by one person. This is what happened in the twentieth century when Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin became the dictators of Germany and Russia. They were similar in many ways but had completely different fundamental ideas. Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria . He left school with no qualifications and fought in the First World
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