After and during World War I, some people rose to power and became notorious, totalitarian leaders. Most of the totalitarian leaders such as Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini began their lives as normal citizens, but the rose to power because of the war and the treaties. Because the people of the countries such as Italy, Germany, and Russia were influenced and encouraged, leaders such as Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin rose to power, but starting their lives as normal citizens. Each of the totalitarian leaders share common characteristics, such as aggression and influence, especially demonstrated by their rise to power and their foreign policy. The Totalitarian leaders came to the rise of power by giving encouragements to the people around them. In the picture of document six, Mussolini demonstrated his rise to power by making a speech around his fellow commanders. His hand is in a form of a fist which shows him giving an influential and a powerful speech. Since Mussolini is giving a speech to his comrades, his speech became the milestone of his leadership. Similarly, in the picture of Hitler in document four, Hitler demonstrates his extreme nationalism and aggressiveness by giving a speech, a tactic used by each leader as a major cause of their of power. THe leaders remained in power by using propaganda to make them seem …show more content…
Totalitarian leaders shared the common characteristics because they all came to the rise to power due to their influential speeches during the world war. Since totalitarian leaders have a great amount of authority, they demonstrate it by showing extreme nationalism by spreading their powers over other countries. Because of the military strength being shown to other countries, terror was brought into the lives of the people, so the leaders would feared and respected. As a result, leaders have taken small steps to become a notorious totalitarian