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 I.
During the 1920s and
1930s,totalitarian dictators took over in
Germany, Italy, Soviet Union(Russia),
& Japan.
 Totalitarian
– political system in which
the gov’t suppresses all opposition &
controls all aspects of life (economic,
political & social).
 Dictator
– leader who rules with total
authority; often cruel
 Fascism
– political philosophy –total
power is given to a dictator & individual
freedoms are denied; no tolerance for
opposition; centers around extreme
Nationalism & Patriotism
Country
Adolf Hitler
1933
Dictator
“Der Fuhrer”
Benito Mussolini
1922
Prime Minister
1925 Dictator
“Il Duce”
(leader)
Hideki Tojo
1940 Prime
Minister
Joseph Stalin
1924 Dictator
Germany
Political Party
Nazi
Party
Beliefs
Goals
Aryan Supremacy
“Lebensraum”
Non-Jewish white
Germans are
Superior
Italy
Japan
USSR =
Soviet Union
(Russia)
Get land
Rid Europe of
Jews;
Take over
Europe &
World
Fascist
Party
Italy will return to
World Power.
Italy # 1
Get more
land.
(not happy
after WW I
did not get
land
in Treaty of
Versailles)
Military
Leaders
Japan is Best
Country in Asia
More
Resources
More Land
Communist
Party
USSR is best
more land
Spread
Communism
 World
wide depression led to high
unemployment & high inflation
 political
instability in those
countries___
 Germany
 Hitler
high war debt from WW I
made false promises to restore
German power