Download The Dictators

“The Dictators”
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Tojo: The
men behind the start of WWII.
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Fascist States
Nations with one party in control (prevalent in Europe and Asia prior to WWII)
-Uses idea of Nationalism and Revenge to gain support
-Promise the promotion of their country at the expense of
“lesser” peoples (Germany-Jews, Japanese-Chinese)
-The greater the crisis, the greater the demand for leadership
-Provide scapegoats for the problems of their country
-Party control of everything + Dictator = False propaganda to
gain support
-Crushes all opposition
-Imperialism to increase strength and increase pride in their
country – leads to other conflicts
-Generally a very militaristic government and society
Notice that all of the causes of WWI will be in existence at the start of WWII
in 1939. Many of these (Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperialism) are at the
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center of these Totalitarian governments
Adolf Hitler
Benito
Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
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beliefs?
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beliefs?
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beliefs?
How did he effect
world politics?
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What was his lasting
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Militarism
Militarism
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What was his lasting What was his lasting
impact?
impact?
Works Cited
Militarism
Militarism
Adolf
Hitler
(Germany)
Adolf Hitler –
How did he take power?
1932 - Appointed Chancellor of Germany.
1934 - Hitler declares himself the “Fuhrer.”
1939 - Invasion of Poland and start of WWII
German propaganda
Hitler as a young soldier in WWI
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Adolf Hitler - Beliefs
•Treaty of Versailles was invalid
•Germany would have a big comeback
•Germans are a superior race
•The Jews were the cause of Germany’s problems
Picture taken from http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sgt_stryker/hitler.gif
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Adolf Hitler - Effect on world politics
•Some politicians admired him, some
feared him.
•Allied leaders in Europe made an attempt
to appease (give in to) him before WWII
Click here to see German Expansion throughout the late 1930’s.
Click here to view the Munich Pact in its entirety.
Picture Taken from
www.time.com
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Adolf Hitler - Lasting Impact
•Name is synonymous
with hate and
genocide.
•Murdered 12 million
people (6 million
Jews)
•Responsible for the
death of over 50
million in WWII
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Adolf Hitler and Militarism
• Believed in the
military superiority of
the German empire.
• Blitzkrieg –
“Lightning War”
Picture taken from www.malispina.com
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Benito
Mussolini
(Italy)
Benito Mussolini - How did he take
power?
1921 - Entered Parliament after having been defeated in 1919
1922 - Became premier of Italy
1925 - Mussolini declared Italy a fascist dictatorship and took
control over society, politics, and economics, as well as the
military.
Picture taken from http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/dof/italy/captioned/horse.htm
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Benito Mussolini - Beliefs
•In favor of state control of EVERYTHING
•Opposed to Communism and was very
Militaristic
Picture taken from http://www.comandosupremo.com/Mussolini.html
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Benito Mussolini - Effect on world
politics.
•Influenced Nazism and Hitler
•Allied with Germany during WWII
Picture taken from http://members.telering.at/pat/muss.jpg
Picture taken from
http://www.comandosupre
mo.com/Mussolini.html
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Benito Mussolini - Lasting Impact
Known as Il Duce- “the
Chief ”
Italian Imperialism
-Moves to remake
Roman Empire
(Restore Rome to time
of Caesars)
Made “the trains run on
time”
Picture taken from
http://home.comca
st.net/~lowe9101/
mussolini/
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Benito Mussolini and Militarism
•Italian army not very strong during WWII
•Nazi Germany forced to defend Italy
•Extended the Italian empire, especially
into Africa.
Picture taken from
http://home.comcast.net/~lowe9101/mussolini/
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Joseph
Stalin
(Soviet Union)
Joseph Stalin - How did he take power?
•Lenin dies
•Abolished all
opposition and sent
political prisoners to
“re-education” camps.
Trotsky
Stalin
Bukharin
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Joseph Stalin Beliefs
 Five
Year Plans
Collectivization of Agriculture
 Belief in sciences (Space Race after WWII)
 Believed in military superiority over
the U. S.
Picture taken from en.wikipedia.org
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Joseph Stalin - Effect on world politics
•Fought against Hitler in WWII
•Fought U.S. in the Cold War
•Gained many allies for communism
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Joseph Stalin - Lasting Impact
•20-30 million murdered under his rule
•Left the U.S. and Soviet Union embroiled
in COLD WAR
Click here to view a
biographical perspective
on Joseph Stalin.
Picture taken from http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/stalin/
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Joseph Stalin and Militarism
•Believed in large military
•From 1941 on, built up of Soviet army
•Competed with U.S. after WWII in
developing nukes.
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Hideki
Tojo
(Japan)
Japanese Flag
Flag of Japanese Navy and Army
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Japanese Expansion prior to 1942
Japan
USA
Hawaii
Link to Japanese expansion before December 7, 1941
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Hideki Tojo - How did he take power?
•1930’s - Led troops in battle in China
•1940 - Appointed War Minister
•1941 - Emperor Hirohito made Tojo the Prime Minister of
Japan
Click here to see a history of Japan
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Hideki Tojo - Beliefs
•Racial Superiority of the
Japanese people
• Wanted to expand the
Japanese empire
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Hideki Tojo - Effect on world politics
•Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on 12/7/1941
•Increased alliances with the Axis powers
Click here to see Japanese Military Expansion
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Hideki Tojo - Lasting Impact
•Led the Japanese into
WWII against U.S.
•Increased Japanese
military, industrial, and
imperialistic capacity
Picture taken from
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.
co.uk/2WWtojo.htm
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Hideki Tojo and Militarism
•Believed Japan to be invincible
•Extended Japanese empire
throughout the Pacific Rim
Click here to view see the Pacific Theater of WWII.
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Japanese Expansion prior to 1942
Japan
USA
Link to Japanese expansion before December 7, 1941
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