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Hitler Mussolini Stalin
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BY:Xeneb Shah

Our world has had some powerful leaders who have developed their countries as well as having had major impact on the world. Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler were three of these leaders. All these three leaders were the most powerful and influential leaders of their time. Each one of them made a significant impact on their country as well as on world’s history. Although they received similar success, all of them reached their success quite differently .Even though they assumed power legally, they where totalitarian leaders. They had positive and negative reflects during their rule.

Even though all three of them lived in the same era they all had quite similar childhood. Their childhood might have influenced some of their decisions when they became dictators. Hitler had a rough childhood as his father Alois was an alcoholic and would often abuse Hitler. Hitler’s childhood was a precedent to his actions later in life which was his cruelty to other people like his father did to him. As a child Mussolini faced ruthless parenting and frequent beatings from his violent and often drunken father, Alessandro. It resulted in a disruptive and unstable upbringing; he was expelled from schools and often engaged in violence with other children. But his later years saw his ruthlessness and fighting spirit as an advantage. It helped him climb the political ladder through violence and a steely determination to succeed. As a child Stalin was often abused by both his parents which is one of the reasons why when Stalin rose to power he often used violence or abused people.

All three of them achieved success differently. Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century. Stalin received a job as the government secretary in the Communist Party. He aggressively worked his way up to the head of the Communist Party. After receiving the high job, he forced his competitor Leon Trotsky and all of his

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