Transcript Rise of Dictators(1)

CHAPTER 17.1
Dictators
JOSEPH STALIN
BENITO MUSSOLINI
ADOLF HITLER
Soviet Union
Italy
Germany
Goal
Be able to identify the similarities
between these three men and their
governments.

JOSEPH STALIN
ECONOMIC PLAN

Communist Supporter

Wanted to modernize the country

Large Farms controlled by the government
JOSEPH STALIN
ECONOMIC AFTERMATH

Food & Necessities Shortages are
common

Resistant farmers were punished
 Many sent to labor camps in Siberia

Become industrial giant
Stalin’s Reign of Terror

Wanted to purify the Communist Party

A million are executed and millions more are
sent to labor camps

All threats to Stalin’s power were eliminated
BENITO MUSSOLINI
Rise to Power

Fought and wounded in WWI

Believed the Versailles Treaty should have
given Italy more land
BENITO MUSSOLINI
Rise to Power

Becomes Prime minister

Dreams of expanding empire
BENITO MUSSOLINI
FASCISM

Organizes thug
groups to terrorize
those that opposed
him.
 “Blackshirts”
BENITO MUSSOLINI
FASCISM

Eliminates economic problems

Takes over Ethiopia in 1935

Motto: “Country is nothing without conquest
ADOLF HITLER’S
RISE TO POWER

Hitler fought in WWI and outraged about
the Treaty

The treaty took land from Germany and put
a huge debt onto them by making them pay
for the war, it also made Germany accept
the blame for starting the war.
ADOLF HITLER’S
RISE TO POWER

His powerful speaking ability quickly made
him the leader of the party

Tries to overthrow government in 1923
 Seen as a celebrity while in prison
ADOLF HITER

Germany struggling from the Great
Depression

Promised to stabilize the country, rebuild
the economy and restore the empire
ADOLF HITLER

Becomes President and Chancellor in 1934
 Now has Absolute Power
 Gives himself the title Der Fuhrer = Leader
ADOLF HITLER
RISE TO POWER

Goal was to acquire more “living space”
ADOLF HITLER
RISE TO POWER

German troops enter the Rhineland in 1936

Allies do nothing to stop Hitler’s forces

Why do you believe the allied countries do
nothing to stop Hitler and his armies??
Germany 1933
Summary

In 1936 Hitler and Mussolini signed an alliance
later joined by Japan that created the Axis Powers.
(Germany, Italy, Japan)
Write at bottom of page
 **Totalitarian Governments form in all
three countries**