How did Hitler and Mussolini gain and maintain power? Hitler and Mussolini both came in to power in the early days when their countries‚ Germany and Italy were facing problems after the Great War. Even then‚ both Hitler and Mussolini successfully gain and maintain power and control the country. In order to gain full control of the country they had to remove or eliminate their political rivals. Hitler used excuses to blame and imprison his political rivals. One good example would be when he
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who you think they are. Six powerful politicians were studied in “Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free...or Die.” Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin are among these six. These leaders and politicians killed millions just because they were obsessed with their power. Adolph Hitler was a fascist that was the leader of the Nazi Party. Karl Marx‚ (Marxism) was very similar to Nazism. Hitler wrote “Mein Kampf” while he was in jail. It said that communism and socialism were the same‚ and only different because
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Benito Mussolini was born on July 29‚ 1883 in Predappio. The son of a blacksmith he was largely self-educated. He became a schoolteacher and a socialist journalist in northern Italy. In 1910 he married Rachele Guidi who bore his five children. Mussolini was jailed in 1911 for his opposition to Italy’s war in Libya. Soon after his release in 1912 he became editor of the socialist newspaper in Milan‚ "Avanti!". When WWI began in 1914 Mussolini advocated
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differences between Hitler and Napoleon‚ however I feel there were more similarities. They were both immigrants in the country they ended up ruling‚ both conquered most of Europe‚ both had radical views about fighting‚ and both were very quick in their fighting. However‚ the most significant similarities between the two leaders is how they were accepted as monarchs in a previously democratic society‚ and what they did for the countries after becoming monarchs. Hitler and Napoleon were accepted
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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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In the year 1933‚ former World War I German soldier and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Hitler‚ who still harbored hatred against the Allied Powers for punishing Germany after the first World War in the Versailles Treaty‚ hoped to not only gain back German pride‚ but he hoped to complete a sinister plot in which he would become the ruler of the world. With the help of his Italian partner Benito Mussolini who became Italy’s official dictator in 1922‚ and shared in the similar
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4/22/13 Class world history ld History Activity People in Wor 19 P r o f i le 1 Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) The guilt of Stalin and his immediate entourage . . . for the mass repressions and lawlessness they committed is enormous and unforgivable. Mikhail Gorbachev in a 1987 speech on the anniversary of the Russian Revolution Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Joseph Stalin rose from a life of poverty to become the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. A brutal
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Mussolini key points and answers Explain why Mussolini was appointed as Prime Minister in October 1922. • Liberal Italy had failed to win over the Italian nation – post-war debt of 85 million Lire‚ the Mutilated Settlement‚ failure to deal with Fiume and 5 different Prime Ministers since 1917 – people turned to extremists as an alternative‚ such as the Fascists • fear of communism by the Middle and Upper Classes in Italy after the Bienno Rosso and increasing left-wing action – Mussolini
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emerge The opposition for Trotsky not only held Stalin but also 2 other politicians: Lev Kamenev and G.E. Zinoviev (a leading Bolshevik who had been Lenin’s closest aide during the revolution) Together‚ the 3 formed ‘’troika’’ a group & attacked Trotsky during party meetings‚ drawing on his writings/speeches from his last years as Menshevik as a means of attacking him for disloyalty Kamenev supported Stalin after Lenin died‚ when Stalin retained his post as General Secretary There was
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Amongst the Bolshevik revolutionaries who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ Stalin was appointed general secretary of the party’s Central Committee in 1922. He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin through suppressing Lenin’s criticisms (in the postscript of his testament) and expanding the functions of his role‚ all the while eliminating any opposition. He remained general secretary until the post was abolished in 1952‚ concurrently serving
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