...The post-WWI era demolished all social order that Germany and Italy once had, and due to the two nation’s crumbling economies Communism had found new homes. In Italy social unrest spread, countryside land was seized, tenant farmers refused to pay rent, peasants destroyed produce, and strikes broke out in cities with heavy industrial pursuits. In 1919 when the first postwar election was held, the Socialist Party made an impressive showing that was followed up by a return in large numbers in 1921. However, Mussolini and the Fascists went the opposite of the radical tide and pledged a “battle against the forces dissolving victory and nation”(Mussolini cite), earning the support of the propertied class that found comfort in Mussolini’s opposition...
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...Germany's need for a strong leader, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Both men were able to gain the trust of their people through their public speech campaigns. Their combined ambitions drove Italy and Germany on a quest to conquer the rest of Europe and become the two most powerful nations. Hitler and Mussolini both respected each other and their goals and decided to form and alliance. With the combined forces of Italy and Germany, and later Japan, Hitler and Mussolini led their nations to a war to conquer...
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...Contrast Essay The differences between Hitler and Mussolini Hitler and Mussolini have often been thought of as the twin dictators, but there are considerable differences between the two men and their regimes, and Hitler was more extreme. These differences become apparent when one considers their racial views, their commitments, and their militaristic designs. Racism is justly associated with all fascism at that time; therefore, Mussolini, along with Hitler, is implicated. It should be pointed out; however, that Italians’ blatant racism occurred after Mussolini’s deep association with Hitler. But before their political relationship; there had been on racial doctrine in Italian fascist ideology for many years. However, Hitler held racist views from the beginning of his political movement and it was the main motive in the Nazi movement. To resolve the Jewish problem, he eventually slaughtered six million people. Their degree of commitment to act also varied. From the distance towards the end of world war two, they may have seemed quite similar, but over the span of their reigns, they were different. Mussolini merely talked and strutted for the most part. He had few fixed doctrines and increasingly accommodated himself to circumstances. But Hitler meant every bit of his hostility and was willing to wage the most dreadful war of all time. A study of their involvement during world war two, however, reveals striking differences. Italian fascism was comparatively restrained and...
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...The Growing Support for Hitler and Mussolini HIST December 15, 2012 After the First World War, both Italy and Germany was in an economic down turn. Both countries saw hardship with the addition of high unemployment rates. Workers in both counties were unhappy with how life was, which spurred riots and strikes. A leader emerged from each country, claiming radical ideology was the solution. Mussolini and his Party adopted trending ideology to better appeal in the political environment. Hitler on the other hand, stuck to his radical ideas of a racial cleansing which he expressed in his book Mien Kampf. Both leaders didn’t come into power on their own but with the support and loyalty from many followers, their needs to become dictator was successful. With such radical ideas, it would be less likely they would come to power during these present times, but of course we learn from the past so we may not repeat the mistakes from prior experiences. But why did so many Germans and Italians supported radical dictators that would eventually lead the world to another war? The revolutionary movement after the First World War increasingly grew in Milan, where many far left-wing politicians expressed extreme socialist ideas in revolt of how the current state of Italy. Mussolini knew this movement was what he needed in order to win the public over. Unfortunately the 1919 election only captured two percent of the vote for Mussolini and his Fascist Party. By 1920, socialist revolts and...
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...• Mussolini differed from Hitler in regard to Jews and Homosexuals and other groups from power. • Mussolini faced more opposition from Liberals and leftist groups, while Hitler adopted totalitarianism with a lot of nationalistic pride. • Both used something called Secret policy. • Yet both policies were different in nature. Hitler focused more a pollution of the German state and influences from the Aryan race. While Mussolini utilized bandits and hooligans to keep and strengthen his power. • Hitler and Mussolini placed fear into the hearts of the general public. Trepidation was present but for different reasons. • People beneath Hitler were afraid of not fitting in. conformity took over and wanted to be apart of the Aryan race. Because if you did not fit in, the consequences were grave such as death camps, and so...
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...Compare and contrast Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini had some things in common and some not in common. Adolf Hitler tried to follow mussolini's example by staging a small coup in munich, but failed, and hitler was soon behind bars. While hitler was in prison he wrote Mein Kampf (“my struggle”). Hitler felt superior to Jews, Serbs, Poles and other groups. He used jews as scapegoats. He said germans belong to a superior “master race”. Soon after prison hitler came to power, he used his quad of stormtroopers to terrorize his opponents. Hitler made a failed attempt to seize power in Munich. Benito mussolini built the first totalitarism state. Mussolini's rule was fascist in nature. Mussolini rejected faith in reason and concepts of equality...
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...Mussolini in Africa Going Solo, Roald Dahl's memoir of his work in East Africa and his service in the RAF, covers much of the buildup to World War II. In the book mention is made of Mussolini. Mussolini plays a large role in the memoir as he is allies with Hitler who started World War II. Dahl says about Mussolini that, "Hitler and Mussolini were entertaining to watch them do their antics." (Dahl 39). In fact, Mussolini is important because of the role he plays in World War II. Mussolini was an Italian dictator. According to History.com, "Originally a revolutionary Socialist, he forged the paramilitary Fascist movement in 1919 and became prime minister in 1922." After that he sought out military glory in Italy. After all his military conquests from 1935-1939 his military was exhausted. So, in 1939, he became allies with Hitler. He did this to try and get his leadership position to grow. When Hitler first decided to declare war in September 1939, Mussolini was not ready for that. According to History.com, "Mussolini planned for war in 1943-1945. But Hitler started World War II in September 1939, giving only one week’s warning to the Italians and forcing an enraged, humiliated Mussolini to declare non-belligerence." After this occurred he watched Hitler very closely and eventually decided to join the war. According to Britannica, "When Germany...
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...multiple dictators came to power before him. Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, and Adolf Hitler all shared the same fundamentals when related to leadership. These three dictators were able to gain power in their...
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...The dictator of Nazi Germany was Adolf Hitler. He seemed to have a hectic childhood. He was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20th 1889, and when he was three he moved to Germany. He and his dad always were disagreeing with each other because Adolf liked fine arts while his dad preferred business. When Adolf’s brother died Hitler became detached and introverted from his family. Early in his life Adolf showed a love for German nationalism by hating Austria-Hungary. Before Hitler became a dictator he had to get his power. So, the German Great Depression gave Hitler a huge opportunity, they would now be open to more extreme options. In 1932 Hitler ran against Paul von Hindenburg for president although Hitler lost. But, in order to promote...
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...Fascism is a political ideology in which a dictator rules completely, that emphasizes and aggressive kind of nationalism and anti-rationalism . The dictator suppresses all opposition mostly with violence so that his rule is perfect. Though fascism was started by Mussolini when I think of this political ideology Hitler comes to mind. Hitler embodied fascism from complete rule to suppressing his oppressors with violence and death and with the way he emphasizes nationalism. Though he was sometimes seen as racist, it was just his way of embodying fascism, which seeks to unify the nation through a pure culture or racial basis. Thus Hitler said that Jews were not pure, so it was okay to eliminate them. Hitler's fascism actions would lead to World...
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...Hitler’s Influences Imagine creating a monster. Many people have wondered what must have happened to Adolf Hitler to have made him such an awful man. Hitler was most affected by his parents, Georg von Schönerer and Karl Lueger, and Benito Mussolini of Italy. First, Hitler was affected by his parents, Alois and Klara. Hitler went into “2 years of depression and lived in a homeless shelter after blowing all the money his parents had left for him,” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017). He experienced depression when he was rejected from an art school, which happened shortly after his mother died when he was 17. After being rejected from two different art schools, Adolf spent all his money on the glamorous life that he wished he had, but instead he ended in deeper waters than intended. He had no one to guide and love him, so he went on to meet unfortunate people that only helped build the monster. In addition, Hitler was also affected by Georg von Schönerer and Karl Lueger. These men “taught him about anti-semitism, pan-Germanism, and the basic skills and dogma to overtake the Nazi party,” (Hummel 2013). This means he learned to be prejudice against Jews, to get all Europeans to speak German, and how to overthrow the Nazi party and become the overall ruler. For example, the idea of...
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...The decisions in World War I (WW1), or the Great War, were mostly the reasons for the start of World War II (WW2). In 1902, a man named Benito Mussolini moved to Switzerland from Italy to avoid going to jail. He was an avid socialist news reporter. While earning a reputation as a political journalist and public speaker, he produced propaganda for a trade union, proposing a strike and advocating violence as a means of enforcing demands. (Hibbert, Foot. Jan 12, 2000). He had got into a lot of trouble with the Switzerland police due to his writing. Mussolini had been arrested and sent back to Italy, then being set free moved back to Switzerland. He got arrested again and was drafted into the military and completed his time. Once out of the...
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...Source A suggests a reason why Hitler was able to achieve Anschluss with Austria in 1938. Do you agree that this was the main reason? Explain your answer by referring to the purpose of the source, as well as using its content and your own knowledge. Source A suggests that the main reason why Hitler achieved Anschluss with Austria was that in 1938, Mussolini stood idly by as Hitler captured Austria evidently without a shot being fired. I agree with this source in the sense that Hitler was able to capture Austria without much hassle at all. In this cartoon, there is a sign directly behind the portrayed Hitler saying ‘strictly preserved’. The artist here has managed to portray the forbidden union of Austria and Germany because of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler felt the right to be in a union with Austria as he was originally from there and most of the population was German speaking. Also in the cartoon, Hitler is dressed in hunter’s clothes and looked as if he had just gone out hunting as he is carrying a deer on his back saying ‘Austrian integrity’. This is suggesting that Hitler took advantage of the situation Austria was in as Austria was too weak to remain independent, therefore showing the image of the superior hunter against the feeble lifeless deer. Standing adjacent to Hitler is Mussolini with his hand held out. This symbolises the alliance between Germany and Italy. Underneath the cartoon there is quote stating ‘Mussolini. “All right, Adolf – I never heard a shot”...
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...Some people are born to be athletes, think of LeBron James. Others, like Albert Einstein are born to be physicists, and then there are people like Michael Jackson who are born to be performers. Benito Mussolini, the father of Fascism, was born for a life in politics . He was even named after Benito Juarez, who was a Mexican leftist leader. His two middle names, which are Amilcare and Andrea, come from two Italian Socialists named Amilcare Cipriani and Andrea Costa (Greenspan). During the early parts of his life, those names seemed fitting. Before he founded the Fascist party, Mussolini was a harcore Socialist. His political views were greatly influenced by his father, who was the town blacksmith. Aside from being a blacksmith, Alessandro Mussolini was also a writer for a...
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...Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini is a name you probably hear often, but you don’t really know much about him except that he was an evil man and that he was sort of similar to Hitler. Mussolini was the creator of the Fascist Movement/Fascist Party in Italy in 1919. He made himself prime minister and ruled from 1922-1945. He had ideas pretty similar to Hitler and even started his own anti-Jew laws in Italy. While he may not have done as many horrid things as Hitler, he was still incredibly evil. But, we’ll talk more about that later. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883, in Dovia di Predappio, Forlì, Romagna, Italy. He was the oldest child of three from his parents, Rosa Maltoni Mussolini and Alessandro Mussolini. His father was a passionate socialist and blacksmith. His mother was a Catholic schoolteacher, and she provided most of the family income because the father was busy doing political things and spending money on his mistress (not Benito’s mom, scandalous!). Mussolini was a very bright and...
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