Benito Mussolini was a hardened dictator that rose to power through brute force and killing any in his way. this is shown on October 24th‚ 1922 in Naples‚ Italy‚ Mussolini claimed that "either the government will be given to us‚ or we will seize it by marching on Rome" on that same day Mussolini and 4 other Fascist leaders decided they would lead a mach to Rome and take it by force.At the time Mussolini was still praying for a compromise from the Italian government so he decided to not move until
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it solved. Events in Europe and Britain between 1989-1939 pressured Chamberlain into abandoning his policies for appeasement. Events in Europe pressured Chamberlain to abandon appeasement. On September 28th 1938‚ Chamberlain‚ Mussolini‚ Daladier and Hitler came together to sign the Munich Agreement which handed Sudetenland over into German hands. The Munich Agreement was the turning point for British opinions about Hitler and Chamberlain. On August 21st 1939‚ Hitler tried to make a deal with Great
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Germany 1918 – 1939 1. The Weimer Republic * Emergence of the Democratic republic and the Impact of the Treaty of Versailles * REVOLUTION AND THE BIRTH OF THE WEIMER REPUBLIC * October 2nd 1918: Reichstag (parliament) informed GR couldn’t win war * Prince Max von Baden: became chancellor‚ brought Social Democratic Party (SDP) majority socialists into his cabinet hoped to maintain monarchy * Allies wouldn’t sign Armistice until Kaiser no longer ruled. * October 28 1918:
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enrolled into the University of Erfurt‚ one of the oldest and best distinguished universities in Germany. In four years‚ he received his M.A. and B.A. degrees. Luther was caught in a severe thunderstorm and vowed to become a monk if he survived. When he did escape the storm‚ he kept his vow. In 1510‚ he visited Rome‚ which was the center of the Catholic Church. He was shocked by the worldliness and learned that many leaders had strayed from the purpose of the Church. The leaders mainly focused on their
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To what extent was the Soviet Union a totalitarian state by 1939? The term ’totalitarianism’ emerged in the 1920s and ’30s‚ to describe the dictatorial regimes which appeared at that time in Germany and the USSR. The Soviet Union was undoubtedly totalitarian by the late 1930s. However‚ Stalin’s power was anything but absolute up until that time. It took the Great Terror‚ the cult of personality and two decades of political patronage to put him in a position where he could abandon the pretences
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Hitler and Stalin. You probably recognize Hitler as the one of the evilest man in history. But the communist dictator‚ Stalin‚ is just as bad as Hitler. Hitler and Stalin are different in many ways. Hitler is Part of the national socialist party also known as Nazi‚ while Stalin is a Communist‚ they are also similar as they both killed many people and Both are Dictators. Hitler was not exactly the best guy you could meet. He is mostly known for causing world war two and for creating the holocaust
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Stalin: In 1922‚ he was made general secretary of the Communist Party‚ a post not considered particularly significant at the time but which gave him control over appointments and thus allowed him to build up a base of support After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ Stalin promoted himself as his political heir and gradually outmanoeuvred his rivals. By the late 1920s‚ Stalin was effectively the dictator of the Soviet Union. His forced collectivisation of agriculture cost millions of lives‚ while his programme
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Joseph Stalin would be described as a brutal and unforgiving leader. Joseph Stalin would be known as one of the most ruthless and most evil men in the course of world history‚ but would help Russia and the Soviet Union’s economies. Joseph Stalin was born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili on December 18‚ 1878 in the small town of Gori in the European country‚ Georgia. Georgia at that time was part of the Russian Empire. Stalin was born into poverty‚ and committed crimes when he grew older. Stalin rose
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Modern Essay Despite the critical situation in 1923 with the french occupation of the Ruhr‚ the hyperinflation and the unstable political system‚ prosperity and stability followed in 1924-1929. This was caused by the success of Gustav Stresemann‚ the enabling act allowing the introduction of the Rentenmark‚ the US loans and the policy of fulfilment being instituted. However‚ Germany was at risk as her economy was founded on short-term foreign investment and a cut off of funds would leave her economy
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proletariats on their behalf. This did not mean that Lenin considered himself to be a ’leader’‚ as he preferred a ’collective leadership’ which would prevent corruption and idealisation which went against Marxism. This very idealisation brought the cult of Stalin. Whilst he was recognised as a leader by communist party members‚ with some influence it became adapted by the soviet people who were manipulated into thinking no wrong could come from their God like figure Stalin. The psychology of adulation
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