dictators threaten world peace fascists, nazis and commies … oh my!
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Dictators Threaten World Dictators Threaten World PeacePeace
Fascists, Nazis and Commies … Fascists, Nazis and Commies … Oh My!Oh My!
Benito Mussolini - ItalyBenito Mussolini - Italy
Mussolini’s Rise to Power
• 1922 March on Rome
• Black shirts …thugs, secret police, violent storm troopers
• Mussolini becomes dictator
• First fascist government in Europe
Benito Mussolini
• Italy • Fascist– Black shirts
– Total control … fear, violence, nationalism
Fascism
• From the Latin word, “fasces”
• Symbol of Roman authority
Adolf Hitler
Hitler’s Rise to Power
• 1919 – Joins the National Socialists German Workers Party (Nazi)• 1923 – Beer Hall Putsch…attempted to start revolution to overthrow
government– Arrested and sentenced to prison (April 1924)– While in prison, writes a book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle)– Released December 24, 1924
•Nazi Party is not popular throughout the 1920s
•1930 Reichstag elections, Nazis get more seats than anyone (sudden popularity)
•1933 – Hitler is elected Chancellor of Germany (Jan)
•1933 – After Reichstag fire in February, communists are arrested by Nazis and Hitler is made Dictator to keep law and order and protect Germany from threat of communist terrorism
1933
Nazism• Swastika• Symbol adopted by
Nazis• NOT originally a
sinister symbol• used worldwide and
was regarded as a symbol of good luck and success
• Nazis ruined it
Hideki Tojo
Tojo’s Rise
• Worldwide depression left Japan in need of resources
• Military preached self-sufficiency through conquest
• Hideki Tojo becomes military dictator of Japan (1930)
• Emperor Hirohito is retained as Emperor, but Tojo rules Japan
AXIS Powers (Bad Guys)AXIS Powers (Bad Guys)
JAPANJAPAN
The Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union 1922 – Russia became the Union of 1922 – Russia became the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Soviet Union)Soviet Union)
1924-27 Stalin wins power struggle 1924-27 Stalin wins power struggle with Trotskywith Trotsky
Communist dictatorship under Joseph Communist dictatorship under Joseph StalinStalin
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin
Communist Communist dictatordictator of of Soviet UnionSoviet Union Most brutal of all the dictatorsMost brutal of all the dictators Purged army officers (over 30,000 executed)Purged army officers (over 30,000 executed) Farm collectivization killed 13,000,000 Farm collectivization killed 13,000,000
peasants (mostly in Ukraine)peasants (mostly in Ukraine) Pogroms against Jews (deported, arrested, Pogroms against Jews (deported, arrested,
killed)killed) Series of Series of ““5 year plans5 year plans”” industrialized industrialized USSRUSSR Very, Very paranoidVery, Very paranoid
Francisco FrancoFrancisco Franco•Started revolt in Spain in 1936
•As a Fascist, he attracted the attention and assistance of Hitler and Mussolini
•During the Spanish Civil War (1936) German and Italian pilots trained by bombing Spanish cities
•Francisco Franco would become the Fascist dictator of Spain and rule form 1937 - 1975