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    Europe experienced the rise of many dictators‚ notably Adolf Hitler of Germany and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. Both rose to power within the 1920s and 1930s to discover their countries in economic despair. Ruthless dictators‚ Hitler and Stalin achieved their positions of power differently. The people of Germany appointed Hitler whereas Stalin competed with others to aquire the role of a deceased predecessor. Both Germany and Russia had never experienced a war as sophisticated and far stretched

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    movements to seize control over the current government. As a general secretary of the Communist Party‚ he secretly moved his supporters into positions of power in order to seize full control over the government. He began his ruthless climb to become a new of Russian government. And

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    Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in the late 1920s. Hitler was a powerful man who gained many peoples’ trust to help him execute the Polish Jews. Hitler rose to power over time because of many different reasons‚ but mainly because of what he accomplished himself‚ and he affected the Jews significantly. Adolf Hitler was born in an Australian village near the border of German Bavaria in 1889. Throughout his childhood‚ he went to many different schools and eventually went to a high school in

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    in which helped the Nazis seize power in 1933. I do not think that one of these factors stands out to be the main reason for Hitler becoming Chancellor in January 1933. There are some factors which were more important than others‚ however there is not one outstanding factor; they all played an important part to Hitler’s rise to power. This does not mean that the support Hitler had was not one of the most important factors as it was. If Hitler had not of gained power then Hitler would not have had

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    Mini Paper #1 In 1769 on the island of Corsica‚ Napoleon Bonaparte was born. He was born into a family with political ties and attended military academies. This helped him rise through military ranks during the French Revolution. He held the title as the commander of the Army of the Interior and also became a trusted advisor to the French Directory. His success as a military leader gained his popularity by many people and Napoleon became apart of a group that overthrew the French Directory.

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    friend that turned out to be an enemy‚ a community that loved their leader‚ and a whole lot of power. Julius Caesar was the most powerful figure in the history of the Roman Republic‚ and at the time was gaining unlimited power. Caesar gained so much power‚ that he was being considered as the “King of Rome”. Power became the key to life in Rome‚ and the Senate was frightened by Caesar’s tremendous amounts of power. Due to this fear‚ they began to plot a plan to bring down Caesar. The term‚ mos maiorum

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    depression with very little industrial development. Josef Stalin’s plans were to quickly industrialize to make them a significant power in the world. His plans included collectivising farms to produce more food for the russian people and building factories to produce goods such as weapons‚ and clothes. It provided jobs for many people and made russia an important power in WWII and the cold war. All this development was at the cost of its citizens. Tens of thousands of people were put in fear of their

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    Roman history. Although he did not rule for long‚ he gave Rome fresh hope and a whole dynasty of emperors. Born into an aristocratic family in around 100 BC‚ Julius Caesar grew up in dangerous times. Rome could not yet handle its own size and power. The nobility were widely discredited and order had given way to chaos. The only clear alternative was military dictatorship. Caesar allied himself against the nobility. As his career took off‚ he won a number of political offices‚ not always by

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    time consul‚ and the most recent year he held office‚ just before his demise in 86 BC‚ he claimed a frightening toll on the optimates. At the same time‚ he made sure that Caesar was delegated flamen dialis‚ one of an antiquated priesthood with no power. This identified him with his uncle’s fanatic governmental issues‚ and his marriage in 84 BC to Cornelia‚ daughter of Marius’ partner Cinna‚ additionally affirmed him as a radical. At the point when Lucius Cornelius Sulla‚

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    Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1935-1945. Although his leadership led to the deaths of 11 million people‚ Hitler was one of the best leaders in history. He turned Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship under his power. Also‚ Hitler’s mass genocide led to World War II. In 1932‚ Hitler ran for president of Germany. Hitler had around 36% of the vote in the final count and was appointed as chancellor. Hitler used his position to form a dictatorship. He based this leadership on

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