war as a member of the Trotskyist socialist party. Animal Farm is an allegory‚ fable and satire based on the people‚ politics and happenings during the era of Stalin. In the novel Animal Farm‚ Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin who was the man who became a tyrant ruler and led many people to their deaths. The devastations committed by Stalin can be compared to the devastations committed by Napoleon in Animal Farm. As an allegory‚ Orwell uses Napoleon`s dogs‚ false confessions and the starvation of
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Hitler became dictator in 1934 and this rise to power was‚ to a moderate extent due to intimidation. Through the enabling act‚ the Night of the Long knives and several terror tactics‚ Hitler was able to become a dictator in Germany. However‚ other factors due to the instability of the Weimar Government along with the Treaty of Versailles and Hitler’s personality‚ he rose to power through other situations. The Night of the Long Knifes from June 30th 1934 the use of intimidation by sending a message
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Dictatorship and Democracy In Europe 1920-1945 Key Personalities Hitler’s Foreign Policy Aims ● ● ● GROSSDEUTSCHLAND: ’big Germany’‚ unite all german speakers into 1 big country (Germany‚ Austria‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ France) Remilitarise Rhineland LEBENSRAUM: ’living space’‚ more territory for Germany (e.g. Poland‚ Russia‚ Czechoslovakia) ● Increase size of military‚ navy‚ air force etc... ● Reintroduce conscriptions ● Stop paying reparations ● Colonies/empire
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Stalin and the Struggle for Power The Communist Party in the 1920’s‚ Stalin’s Rise to Power and the Defeat of His Rivals. When Lenin died he left no clear successor to lead the Communist Party. Lenin’s Testament criticised all the leading candidates e.g. he described Stalin as ‘not being able to use power with sufficient caution’ and Trotsky for ‘excessive self assurance’. A group of leaders emerged; a ‘collective leadership’. By 1929 one of these leaders‚ Stalin had become a dominant force
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Napoleon Bonaparte – Great Leader of Flawed Dictator Today‚ Napoleon Bonaparte is considered one of the most prominent leaders in world history. Born on August 15‚ 1769‚ in Ajaccio‚ Corsica‚ France‚ Napoleon was the fourth child of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. His father was an attorney‚ and while both of Napoleon’s parents were members of the minor Corsican nobility‚ the family did not possess much wealth. He attended school as a child in mainland France and later attended military school
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What were Hitler’s main foreign policy objectives from 1933-39? Between 1933-39 Hitler devised a plan of specific foreign policies before and during his rise to power. His policies were to incorporate ‘Volksgemeinshaft’; the unification of all German ethnics living outside the Reich‚ an entire domination of Western Europe and finally an attainment of ‘lebensraum’; living space under which all unified Germans can live in Eastern Europe. For Hitler’s foreign policies to be achieved‚ it was necessary
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The purges was an historical event which took place in Russia from 1936 to 1938‚ with Stalin as the mastermind behind it. Firstly I will be talking about the three causes that led to the event; stopping the reading of Lenin’s will‚ Stalin’s need to get rid of individual threats to his power and also his need to weaken key groups in the USSR through the use of his terror tactics. Secondly I will be talking about Stalin’s paranoia and what happened during the purges. Lastly I will be talking about
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Citations: Bentley‚ Jerry‚ and Herb Ziegler. Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. 3. Boston‚ MA: Mc Graw Hill‚ 2006. 990-1001. Print. Lastvon Geldern ‚ James‚ and Lewish Siegelbaum. "1936: The Great Terror." SEVENTEEN MOMENTS IN SOVIET HISTORY. 2010. Seventeen Moments in Soviet History‚ Web. 1 Jan 2010. . "Nivinskii‚ Women‚ adhere to the cooperation‚ 1917." International Institute of Social History. Web. 7 Jan 2010. . "Sirocenqo‚ 1938." International
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unemployed German men. They were known as “The German Workers Party (GWP).” Adolf Hitler joined the group in 1919 and quick rose to a high ranking leader. His rise to the top of the GWP was due to his powerful speeches. Despite the ability of his speaking he often used it to promote national pride‚ militarism‚ and a racially "pure" Germany. After Hitler’s rise to leadership he changed the name to “The National Socialist German Workers’ which was referred to as “The Nazi Party”. Hitler tried to overthrow the
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