totalitarianism between world wars

totalitarina dictatorships (where?)

1. soviet union under stalin

2. italy under mussolini

3. germany under hitler (third reich)

traits of totalitarian dictatroships

1. censorship = no freedom of speech, controlled media

2. one politcal party = cant have other viewpoints

   1. stalin/russia = communists

   2. mussolini/italy = fascists

   3. hitler/germany = nazis

3. STATE > individual

4. propaganda = messages meant to influence the way people thought

how were hitler and mussolini able to rise to power?

since germany and italy were facing economic plroblems

• in moment of crisis, they thought hitler and mussolini would solve the problems

stalin command economy

govt would own all aspect of business/economy

stalin five year plans

modernize the industry and agriculture by seeting economic goals every five years

stalin collectivization

took over the individual farms and forced people to live on large govt farms (collectives) and work there

ukrainian famine

when stalin took away food from the ukrainians when they didnt want the collectivization

black shirts

poltical group, thought only citizens should benefit

fasces

organized by mussolini

• want roman empire back

what does mussolini do to become leader + what is his name

march to rome to take power away from victor emmanuel III

• bows down, makes mussolini prime minister

he is called el duce (the leader)

how does italy get resources

imperilizaing other nations

weimar republic

govt of germany after ww1, very choatic

rhur vallley

• how do germans respond

• weimar republic?

france army sent here to get more reparations (coals)

• german miners go on strike

• weimar republic helps miners by printinig moneyu

effect of weimar repuhlic printing money

• who steps in

INFLATION

• Us comes in with dawes plan (loaning money to germany)

fake and real reasonn why germany turned to nazi

fake = because of reparations

real = because govt printed money

hitlers journey to becoming leader

• name?

• upset about weimar republic and treaty f versailles

• becomes leader of NAZI

• inspired by mussolini and leads his storm troopers (hroup that gets rid of anybody with opposing vuiewpoints) to attack leguslature

• failed

• jailed

• mein kampf (written in jail and showed extreme racism, nationalism, antisemitism)

• gets out

• starts rallying people saying he will end treaty of versailles and the reparations

• he is made chancellor

furher = the leader

ss troops/ gestapo

direct control by hitler

• rid of opposition

germany biggest issue

lack of oil

hitler cooklie

if you give hitler a cookie, hell want more

• build army

• send troops to demilitarized zone

all to appease

night of long knives

purge of nazi party of anybody hitler thought of as a threat

night of broken glass

destory jewish hoees, sysnogogues, graveyards