The Rise of the Dictators
Three Great WW II Dictators
- 1. Adolph Hitler-Germany
- 2. Benito Mussolini-Italy
- 3. Iosif Dzhugashvili(Josef Stalin)
Define totalitarianism. They wanted to complete control
Why did totalitarianism come about in the 1920’s and 1930’s?
Because Hitler wanted to control everything, and so did Benito Mussolini
- 1. Post-war depression
-high inflation
-1923 420 trillion marks to one US dollar
-high unemployment
-democratic governments struggled to end depression
- 2. New nations had no experience with democratic governments
They were used to having one person controll the gov. it only lasted 13 years because they didn't have expierence with that form of government.
- 3. Democracy brought about a lot of political parties
it was just unstable there was to many parties and people just turned to more radical ideas.
- 4. Unhappy with the results of WW I
-wanted revenge hitler,stollin, and mussolinnie.
Characteristics of Totalitarian Regimes
- 1. Tried to control people of country through fear and intimidation
-secret police force and military...Benito Mussolini, and Adolf Hitler
- 2. Propaganda campaigns promoting the party
-press censorship and control of media...
Very strong anit-jew alot of swasticas and pic's of hitler and that jews were bad and they were trying to destroy germany, and Germany's gov. controlled the news paper and the Radio.
- 3. Educating the young in the ways of totalitarianism
-militarism, nationalism, imperialism, history of country...
Talking about how great germany is and they taught them that they should worshup germany and hitler taught the young boys and bascally he pushed them into naziism and that they had to serve there country as soon as they turned 18.
- 4. Government controlled the economy
-USSR completely....
-Germany and Italy partially.... Still allowed Capitalism
- 5. All preached about the unfairness of WW I
6. Leader became iconized....becomes an icon
-statues and painting
Statues and paintings of hitler everywhere, so people thought that he was everywhere so they would behave.
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