Watched WWII Leader videos. For test, need to be able to see a picture of the leader and identify them and what they did.
Benito Mussolini:
- He went to Switzerland in 1902 to avoid being drafted.
- Italy was going through a Depression. Mussolini many came to power because of his persuasive speeches, promising the Italian people he could bring them out of the depression
- Became very imperialistic
- He engraved fascism into the younger generations, installing in them that Italy was always right
- Italy still lacked in military power and couldn't go to war by himself so he just joined with Hitler
- Held many in prison for Italy's "best interest"
- Became a dictator in 1922 until his death in 1945
- Grew up in a very poor household; father was an atheist and mother was a devote Catholic
- Socialist party for awhile
- Fascism: strong military, nationalism (Italy was the best), everything you do should benefit Italy, strong imperialism
- Didn't kill millions of people like Hitler and Stalin did, but still killed many
Adolf Hitler:
- leader of the Nazi party
- came to power because he promised the German people he could pull them out of their Depression and for the most part, he did
- role in WWII: the guy that started all the major attacks that really started WWII (the Blitzgrieg); the instigator; loses to the Soviet Union because he over extended his army
- died by committing suicide with his wife of 2 days, and that's how he lost power
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