stage in our schooling life read about WW2‚ or watched one of the movies related to it. So‚ I’m not going to talk to you today telling you who Hitler was and what he did. Instead‚ I’m going to explore other dictators‚ and why they came to be. Joseph Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union from 1922-1953. In his time of power‚ collectivism was bought about. This was where the land‚ livestock and assets were owned by the Soviet
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oseph Stalin or Benito Mussolini? If one was alive and young back at the time of the second great war‚ which country would one choose to live in? Italy or Russia? Germany or Britain? United States or Japan? It honestly depended on the leaders. During the years of World War 2‚ there were many leaders; such as Roosevelt‚ Churchill‚ Hitler‚ and the two that were alike in many ways‚ but were also different are Benito Mussolini and Joseph Stalin. These two were Dictators who ruled over two different
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Stalin and Hitler: Similarities and Differences Stalin and Hitler emerged when political and economic instability had crippled the USSR and Germany in the 1920s. They began making improvements which encouraged their people to believe that prosperity awaited them. This notion was unfortunately a delusion as both figures would eventually rule by decree. Despite treading on different paths of dictatorship‚ both figures still find some commonalities. Two prominent differences would certainly come
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Stalin Vs. Hitler Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were the most powerful dictators‚ as well as individually performing the largest political suppressions of the twentieth century. The difference between the two has always been perceived as which side of the World War II they fought on‚ meaning Stalin was viewed as the ‘good guy’ and Hitler as the ‘bad guy’. Hitler in history is written as the evil dictator‚ planning to take over the world and the suppression and murder of over 6 million Jews
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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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King of Dictatorship World War II was a major conflict between many nations. Two major dictators of this time were Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin they brought terror and fear to the battlefield forcing their enemies to retreat. How do these giants compare? These gods of war are very similar in many ways. Hitler and Stalin as children had very abusive fathers. These dictators were born outside of the countries they ruled. They also worked on killing anyone they disagreed with or they didn’t
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the children aged. Stalin‚ just as Mussolini‚ was also instrumental in directing the role of women. Although initially aiming to liberate women from child rearing duties‚ Russia reversed this trend. Stalin took measures to strengthen social relationships and increase population at the expense of individual choice; abortions were outlawed‚ contraception was banned‚ sex education was forbidden‚ and divorce was harder to obtain. Finally‚ like Mussolini’s targeting of Jews‚ Stalin purged those persons
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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 commanders and did not use them as puppets or for his own use. He was a true leader stuck to
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Stalin was the leader of the Communist Party after the death of Lenin and later became the leader of the Soviet Union. During Stalin’s leadership women were given education and jobs; the system of transportation was improved through the whole country. Nevertheless‚ Joseph Stalin was a ruthless leader; he got rid of those who were against him or were a threat immediately. While he was the leader lots of people were killed‚ tortured or sent to exile to Siberia. Stalin was a villainous
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and Stalin‚ both members of the Politburo‚ the top section within the party. However‚ looking back from today we can see that Trotsky never really opposed a real threat to Stalin who would become the new leader of Russia officially in 1929. Stalin became the new communist leader after he successfully had won over both Trotsky‚ the right group of the party and the left group. In 1922 Stalin had been given the position as General Secretary of the Bolshevik party. Silently but effectively Stalin began
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