Hitler and Mussolini
Throughout all the worlds significant and powerful leaders, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were two men that similarly abused their powers in ways never seen before. Each of their rise to power didn't not just happen by fluke, but by manipulation of the people, without the nations even realizing it. The two rose to power when people were desperate for change, and that’s what they did. However, it came at a cost. During the 1930’s Germany was at an all time low as the worldwide economic depression hit Germany hard. The confidence in Germany from the people was lacking due to the fresh memory of their defeat in World War I. This caused great need of a new leader, someone who could give the people change, and Adolf Hitler knew he could do just that. His rapid rise to power began when he started to promise things that intrigued the German people. He promised the hopeless and needy a better life, and promised opportunities that were exactly what the people needed. This caught the attention of so many young unemployed and middle class people. His party, known as the Nazi Party, won 33 percent of the votes in the 1932 elections. And by January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor, which was the head of the German government. Germany started to feel like they might've found the leader they'd been so desperate for. On July 14, 1933, Hitler’s Nazi party was declared the only legal political party in Germany. Hitler’s ways of gaining followers, worked well for him in the aspect of getting things done. He quickly created a fascist government and was focused on continually pleasing the people. However as the year went on, Hitler used his power for his own selfish hate against Jews. Unknown to many, Hitler and his Nazi regime instituted many laws and regulations that restricted and excluded Jews from society. These laws were known as Anti-Semetic. In 1936, Hitler paused the enforcement of the Anti-Semetic laws when Germany hosted winter and summer Olympics. Hitler hosted these games in an effort to avoid a negative world view on Germany and to essentially be on everyone’s good side. However soon after the Olympics, Hitler went right back to the persecuting of Jews. It began to escalate very
After Germany’s humiliating defeat in World War I, Germans had little faith in their government, and in the early 1930s following the stock market crash in New York, Germany was economically struggling . Millions of people were out of work due to the world wide catastrophe making it an opportune time for Hitler and the Nazis to rise into power. Hitler, who was a powerful and spellbinding speaker, attracted Germans desperate for change. He promised to make Germany a better country and promised the disenchanted, a better life. Nazis appealed especially to the youth, unemployed, and members of the lower to middle class. Hitler’s rise to power seemed instantaneous. Before the economic depression, Nazis were virtually unknown, winning less than 3 percent of the vote to the Reichstag, which was the German Parliament. However, in the 1924 elections, the Nazis won a whopping 33 percent of the votes which was more than any other party. In January of 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the head of German Government . The Germans were convinced that they had found a savior for the Nation. The timing of his rise made it very easy for Hitler to gain power in a democratic government because people were hopeless and wanted a fast solution to the deficit. He promised things like a stronger economy, prosperity, and anything that they desired . He focused on first getting noticed and then grew from there. He didn’t say anything but what the people wanted to hear. Getting the people of Germany to trust him was how he started to gain so much control. Unfortunately, Hitler’s charm and persuasion was not the sole reason why Hitler gained so much power in a democratic
Around the time, he was trying to gain support for the Nazi party the mood of Germany was not too particularly great. The depression's effects had hit Germany and its people hard with millions of people losing their jobs. Still fresh in the German people’s minds was the humiliating loss of WWI. Also, people did not like the Weimar Republic government because it agreed to the terms of The Treaty of Versailles. Due to this, the German people lacked confidence in the Weimar Republic. These conditions provided the chance for the rise of a new leader, Adolf Hitler, and his party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or the Nazi party. Due to Hitler’s extravagant speeches, he was able to attract many followers to the Nazi party. In the article, it states “Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who attracted a wide following of Germans desperate for change”, but this quote doesn’t even show how impactful the speeches really were. The article later states that “The party's rise to power was rapid... the Nazis were practically unknown, winning only 3 percent of the vote to the Reichstag (German parliament) in elections in 1924. In the 1932 elections, the Nazis won 33 percent of the votes, more than any other
Upon achieving power both crushed their opposition, ran their governments as dictatorships and persecuted various classes of people.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini achieved status of great power(SOURCE D);both built up armies, navies and air forces to use against their enemies (SOURCE D); both use diplomacy(SOURCE D), and aggression to get want they wanted(SOURCE D); both wanted an empire to distract them from the problems in the economy(SOURCE D). Both their economies were in a poor position at that time (SOURCE G). both Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini used force to take over other areas Both were aggressive right-wing dictators(SOURCE ) who rose to power (SOURCE F)in similar circumstances, shared a similar principles, fought alongside each other in World War Two, and died violently at the end of the conflict in 1945. (SOURCE).
Hitler and Mussolini both came in to power in the early days when their countries, Germany and Italy were facing problems after the Great War. Even then, both Hitler and Mussolini successfully gain and maintain power and control the country.
Hitler and Mussolini looked upon the new form of government, which was Totalitarianism. This form of government means there is only one leader to make decisions and thus they killed or jailed all opponents. Mussolini and Hitler used this form of government after World
Hitler was able to slowly gain more and more power until he eventually was appointed Chancellor of Germany. The beginning of Hitler’s rise to power started when he joined the “Deutsche Arbeiterpartei,” or the German Worker’s Party, in 1919 when he was just twenty years of age. In the year of 1922 to gain more power Hitler attempted to overthrow the Bavarian government. In Hitler’s viewpoint there were three great benefits of attempting this. The first benefit is that the attempt
Hitler and Mussolini looked upon the new form of government, which was Totalitarianism. This form of government means there is only one leader to make decisions and thus they killed or jailed all opponents. Mussolini and Hitler used this form of government after World War One
Both Germany and Italy were undergoing economic hardships after WWI. At that time, there was high inflation and an unstable government. Many people at this time were looking for a leader who would change everything for the better. Then came Hitler and Mussolini. Both Hitler and Mussolini started from the very bottom. Almost everyone thought their ideas would never work and ignored them for a while. Very slowly, they were able to acquire an audience. Both leaders made their way up the rankings very quickly, until they reached the top. Both of the leaders came to power at a good time, while the countries were experiencing economic hardships and were very unstable. An example of the leaders being able to come to power so quickly is, “Consequently, the swing of voters to support the Nazi Party due to factors of economic instability aided Hitler's rise to power, hence the rise of Germany towards existence as a fascist state.”(Rise of Germany). Adolf Hitler was able to convince a large amount of voters because of the economic instability and how people wanted Germany to become lively and stable.
Whether it is a group of high school students or an entire country, when in times of trouble, a sinister person can rise to power. Adolf Hitler, the well known Chancellor of Germany during World War II, and Regina George, the fictional Queen Bee from the movie Mean Girls, used similar tactics as a way to retain control. Although Adolf Hitler caused much more damage to the people he ruled over, Regina George and Adolf Hitler used tyrannical leadership tactics, the exile of innocent groups of people, and social status to control large populations. Adolf Hitler and Regina George similarly used oppressive and domineering strategies to gain popularity and relinquished any resistance. George used her socioeconomic status and charisma to become the
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Two famous dictators from World War Two are Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Both came to power by taking advantage of the economic and governmental problems their country’s have endured, because of the Great Depression. Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany and a leader of the Nazi party. Benito Mussolini became the dictator of Italy and also became the leader of the National Fascist Party. Both of these leaders ended up in jail at some point in their life. Adolf Hitler was locked in jail for leading a revolt against the government in Germany. Mussolini was put in jail for fleeing the military service in 1902. Hitler also fled military service, only from Austria.
With the depression on top of the memory of World War I and the humiliation that brought to their country; the Germans weren’t very supportive or confident in their government. which was exactly what Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi party) needed to get their foot in the door as a new possible ruler of Germany. Hitler was an amazing speaker, who could easily convince everyone he was a better option for their country at the time. He promised a better life out of the depression, and that he could turn Germany into the glorious country it really was. He made sure to catch the attention of everyone in the country from the extremely rich to the simple storeowners and everyone in between. The Nazi party had a rapid rise to fame, and Hitler was soon appointed chancellor, many Germans thought they had finally found their new savior who was going to save their country once and for all. But they would all soon find out they had made a huge
On the 30th January 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Hitler came to power as the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, more commonly known as the Nazi Party. In the July election of 1932 the Nazis received the highest vote ever achieved by any party in Weimar History with 13.7 million votes. This is a crucial point in history as it was Hitler who led the world into World War II which resulted in the death of 60 million people. Many questions are asked as to how such a man could legitimately come to power and create a totalitarian dictatorship in a modern country such as Germany. One popular reason for Hitler coming to
Comparing The Factors of the Rise of Mussolini to Those of Hitler A. Similarities: Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler Decisions of the Paris Peace Conference Italy joined the First World War in 1915. Yet after the war Britain, France and other victorious allies did not fulfill their territorial promises as stated in the Treaty of London. Italians felt cheated. Since the Italian government failed to fight for the gains, it was deemed incompetent.