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 funding instead of saving the eternal souls. Many priests were also poorly trained and have fathered
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“Trotsky’s mistakes were the main reason that Stalin came to power” How far do you agree with this statement? (24 Marks) There is an ongoing debate between historians as to whether Stalin’s rise to power was a result of Trotsky’s mistakes or other factors such as Stalin’s individual successes and/or individual genius. It is likely that Stalin came to power due to both of these factors. One major factor in Stalin coming to power‚ that wasn’t a Trotsky mistake‚ is the fact that Stalin held the position
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Who or what was responsible for Hitler’s rise to power? Many believe that there was only one factor for his rise to power. Some state that Hitler could not have risen to power in any country other than Germany‚ implying that he was nothing more than a product of German culture. Others say that Hitler made himself dictator by means of his own political genius. Yet still others claim that it was the weak democratic government of the Weimar Republic or only Germany’s social and economic scene in
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characters of Othello and Iago. Throughout this play‚ the similarities and differences between these flawed individuals is illustrated through their self inflicted tragedies. Both of the main characters are caught in serious wrongdoings making them similar in nature. Their differences lie in each’s awareness of the situation. Othello is caught for the brutal murder of his innocent wife and Iago is ultimately caught committing murder and reeking havoc throughout the play. Iago’s role though the play
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In the long term the rapid rise of extremism had continued as the Nazi party were eventually able to capitalise Germany. Many historians agree that the rise to extremism began long before the Great Depression‚ but the Great Depression had only sped up the inevitability of the Nazi Party. Nevertheless‚ Hitler’s leadership skills had excelled the Nazi Party to its full capability of taking over Germany. The Nazi tactics of propaganda‚ technology and mesmerising speeches had convinced the German public
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Stalin had very specific plans for Russia. He didn’t like the amount of Russian deaths in WWI‚ and wanted to industrialize the Soviet Union to prevent the amount of Russian deaths if there were to be another war. Stalin also wanted to take total control of the Soviet Union and destroy the old party leadership. He had many people removed from power and exiled. As his paranoia set in‚ he conducted a reign of terror among the
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II: Hitler’s War (1939-1945) Name :Aziz Ahmed Institution : World War II: Hitler’s War (1939-1945) An Introduction A question that is often asked with regards to the Second World War is that could it have been stopped before it began? A man at the thick of things in the war was Adolf Hitler. Scholars the world over agree that WWII was Hitler’s war. It was a conflict that Hitler desired for a long time due to political‚ ideological‚ psychological as well as economic reasons. All these were unsusceptible
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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) 	Benito Mussolini was the fascist dictator of Italy for nearly 20 years. Benito was born at Dovia‚ a suburb of Predappio‚ in the northcentral part of Italy. His father‚ Alessando‚ was a blacksmith. And his mother‚ Rosa‚ was a schoolteacher. As a young man‚ Mussolini was a Socialist with revolutionary tendencies. He was expelled from 2 schools and later was in trouble with the authorities several times. In 1912 he became editor of the Socialist newspaper
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nationalistic way‚ embracing monarchy and free-trade; it also had expansionist policies. Mussolini himself was in fact socialist‚ but as his party was not getting as many votes as he expected he shifted to fascism‚ but reluctantly breaking his links with socialism. The rise and the consolidation of power was done in a superficially legal manner‚ but a party led by a dictator needs a harsh rule to stay in power and be to some extent ruthless to bring order - something Europe needed‚ specially after
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Joseph Stalin was a General Secretary of the Central committee of the communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. He changed Russia from an undeveloped country into a modernised country. As Stalin became secretary general‚ he intended to transform the Soviet Union from a peasant society into a new modern country. To do this‚ he introduced the new industrialisation plans. Theses industrialisation plans had a major effect on the lives of people in the Union Socialist Republics (USSR) during
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