Fascism/ Nazism & Totalitarism

Fascism Extreme Militarism Extreme Nationalism Loyalty to state and obedience to its leader  supreme rule One-party rule / dictator Denied individual rights Believed each class had its own place & function (hate Communists!)

Nazism German brand of fascism National Socialist German Workers’ Party (aka: Nazi) More of a practice than a form of government Extreme Nationalism & Militarism Total faith in a leader

Communism Loyalty to state & obedience to leader  supreme rule One-party rule / dictator Denied individual rights Believed in dictatorship of a working class (hate fascists!)

Benito Mussolini - Italy Fascist Totalitarian Dictator Italians angry because territory was not gained during Treaty of Versailles. Unemployment up, taxes up & trade down = Civil unrest Organized the Fascist Party – Wanted to stop the Communist & Socialist Revolutionaries Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of new government.

Benito Mussolini - Italy Fascist Totalitarian Dictator Promised to revive Italy’s economy & military 1925: Mussolini known as “Il Duce”. (eel-DOO-chay) Censored press, restricts voting, has secret police brings economy under state control. Children taught to obey strict military discipline.

Adolf Hitler - Germany Fascist Totalitarian Dictator Encouraged territorial expansion of Germany lost in Treaty of Versailles. Wanted to strengthen industry and military. Hitler seemed to provide solutions to Germany’s problems. 1933: became Chancellor of Germany & eventually “der Fuhrer”

Adolf Hitler - Germany Fascist Totalitarian Dictator NAZI: National Socialist German Workers’ Party Suspended civil rights, destroyed communists, ended political & economic freedom. Created brutal system of terror: SS troops (secret police) The Gestapo

Joseph Stalin - USSR Fascist Totalitarian Dictator-U.S.S.R 1901: Joined the Social Democratic Labor Party. Helped to organize industrial resistance to Tsarism. In 1924: After Lenin’s death, Stalin took over the New Economic Party. His Goal: Make USSR a world power

Joseph Stalin - USSR Fascist Totalitarian Dictator-U.S.S.R Planned to industrialize the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Secret police “KGB” spied on citizens & executes anyone who might oppose him (genocide). He makes a deal with Hitler to not attack each other  non- aggression pact

General Hideki Tojo - Japan Fascist Totalitarian Dictator-Japan Japanese Emperor was Taisho (weak). General Hideki Tojo was the real leader. Major goal was to rule all of Asia. Policy: Industrialization & Militarism Japan is in need of raw materials (oil)

General Hideki Tojo - Japan Fascist Totalitarian Dictator-Japan Invaded Korea (1905), Manchuria & China (1937) Challenged League of Nations and withdrew. League of Nations has no power to condemn for invasion When Japan invades the rest of China, President Roosevelt cuts off oil supply to Japan.