what extent did Mussolini erode democracy and establish a Fascist dictatorship between 1922 and 1929? Mussolini was undeniably a strong leader and fascism was seen by many as the lesser of two evils. The fear of socialism rocked the already fragile foundations of Italy and a combination of luck and strategic opportunism allowed Mussolini to consolidate his power. Over a period of seven years Mussolini eroded and then completely destroyed Italian democracy. Until 1924 Mussolini played the system
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and so it was evident that communist Italy was a failure. Mussolini had led the Italian population to believe that he and his fascist party were their only hope into putting an end to the chaos in Rome‚ and re-establish order and bring about the once great Italy‚ just as Caesar had in the time of the great Romans. This was appealing to the Italian people‚ as the city or Rome seemed to have fallen into ruins‚ taking advantage of this‚ Mussolini had conveyed himself as their saviour. Fascist ideology
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Far Was Lenin Responsible for the Bolsheviks’ Growing Hold on Power in the Years 1917-24? Lenin was responsible for the Bolsheviks’ growing hold on power during the years 1917 through to 1924. Lenin was a natural born leader and his leadership skills along with his access to the Red Army through with help from Trotsky cemented the Bolsheviks growing hold on power. A reason for Red Success was Geography. The white armies weaknesses also created an opportunity for both the red army and Lenin to seize
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increasingly more aggressive and steering towards that of Hitler’s. Prior to his taking of Abyssinia‚ Mussolini’s foreign policy seemed to differ greatly from Hitler’s‚ for example in 1934 Mussolini sent troops to the Italian border with Austria in reaction to Hitler’s attempt to invade Austria. This move indicates that Mussolini was untrusting of Hitler and made a concentrated effort to ensure that Hitler’s position in the region remain largely unchanged. Moreover his joining of the Stresa Front in 1935 along
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Was Lenin more significant for his actions in 1917 or for his subsequent actions from 1918 to 1924? Lenin was a Russian revolutionary and was best known for being one of the main leaders of the October Revolution in 1917 and the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. But was Lenin more significant for his actions in 1917 or his subsequent actions from 1918 to 1924? That is the question I will be exploring in this essay and I will be thinking of all of his actions in the mentioned
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How important was Lenin compared to Trotsky in the Bolshevik coming to and consolidating power between 1917 and 1924? Russia is extremely large but much of the land is barren. As a result Russia experienced many problems‚ especially due to its backward nature. As Russia was a vast empire it was difficult to control and resulting in many revolutions. The Russian Revolution was the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917‚ which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet
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Fascism was born with an ambiguous face‚ surging from socialist ideas developed in a strong 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
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by the Bolsheviks as a result of the October Revolution. The storming and capitulation of the Winter Palace on the night of the 7th to 8th of November marked the beginning of Soviet rule. Lenin was elected as the Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars by the Russian Congress of Soviets. In April 1917 Lenin published his April Thesis. This document outlined Lenin’s aims for the future: to end the war; to give all power to the Soviet; to give all property and land to the people and worldwide revolution
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Extra Time – didn’t finish It is applicable through a number of factors that Mussolini utilised terror and depended on these measures in order to gain control over Italy. He organised a secret police called the OVRA‚ whereby dissidents were spied upon and severely beaten up as well as often being imprisoned without trial. This created much fear for citizens and opponents‚ leading them to be faithful to Fascism‚ and so Mussolini was able to take control of Italy by asserting terror and punishment. Often
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Vladimir Lenin and was one of the pivotal moments of the 20th Century. The ramifications of the event‚ and the subsequent establishment of the world’s first Communist regime were immediately obvious‚ but also had continuing repercussions for decades. This essay will argue that although Lenin and Stalin seemed to have conflicting views‚ in reality they shared very similar policies; Stalin just took these policies to an extreme. There was a rather significant continuity between Lenin and Stalin’s
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