- Mussolini
- had the Catholic Church's support
- March on Rome got him the Prime Minister position
- came from Italy
- Hitler
- came from Germany
- was a fantastic public speaker and gained power through talking to the public
- his book set the foundation for his eventual rule
- Stalin
- came from the USSR
- was a Communist
- developed the Five-Year-Plan for rapid industrialization
- Mussolini and Hitler
- fascist
- brought their country to a totalitarian state
- anti-communism
- Mussolini and Stalin
- came to power in the 20s
- single power dictatorship
- both promoted industry and war
- both abandoned old systems
- Hitler and Stalin
- gained power through legal means
- wanted to blame a certain group for mishaps
- wanted to create jobs and restore power
- All
- developed a secret police
- outlawed other political parties
- was in WW1
- came to power in an economic depression
Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin
Joseph Stalin
- He came to power after Vladimir Lenin died in 1924
- He made the Soviet Union a totalitarian society
- The Five-Year-Plan (1928) set goals for mines and factories which lead to increased product output
- Used collectivization and tried to take farm land from serfs
- Those who protested were sent to work camps (Gulag) in Serbia
- Ukraine resisted and Stalin cut off their food supply during the 1932 famine
- In the mid 1930s he feared downfall, leading to the Great Purge where he attacked anyone he thought might be working against him
Benito Mussolini
Compare and Contrast
- Worked in British Intelligence (MI5) in WW1
- In 1919 he begins a fascist group
- They believe fascism is propelled by
- a bad economy
- fear
- weak democracy
- a loss of nationalism
- He was appointed leader after the 1922 March on Rome
- ORVA was his secret police force
- He eventually gains the support of the Catholic Church
Adolf Hitler
- He was awarded 2 iron crosses in WW1
- Joined the Nazi group in 1923 and quickly rises to the top
- He writes Mein Kampf which becomes the basis for the Third Reich
- Paul Von Hindenburg made Hitler chancellor in 1934
- He uses the Enabling Acts to gain complete power
- Hitler blamed the Jews for everything and gives them a bad reputation all throughout Germany
- He believed in expansion (Lebensraum)
- He forms the SS and the Gestapo
- Enforces the Nuremberg laws to discriminate Jews
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