Similarities Between Mussolini And Hitler

The early 1900’s were an era stricken with war, poverty, and dictatorships. Spread across Europe, bombshells boomed, inflation soared, and economies plummeted sending major world powers into political and social misery. While the masses saw the failures of their nations as a terrible turn of events due to poor leadership, others saw it as an opportunity to seize power for themselves under the guise of reform. These men would be the cause of national and worldwide tyranny by the way of effective and, amazingly, legal brutality. Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and Adolf Hitler shared many similarities in ideology and principle, but also had many differences. When analyzed, it is obvious that all three totalitarian governments took advantage of widespread poverty and famine to advance their agenda. In Russia, with food and oil in mass shortage due to the failing war effort, …show more content…
However, they also have major differences that changed the way that their nations ruled and whether or not their “empires” survived the test of time. In Italy, unlike Germany and Russia, Mussolini preserved capitalism and free-market society. In Germany and Russia, Stalin and Hitler executed millions while Mussolini preferred to terrorize people rather than kill them. In Germany, Hitler kept his military advisors and generals whereas Stalin eliminated almost all of his which made the German invasion of Russia so effortless in World War II. Despite their differences, all three totalitarian governments successfully took advantage of national disarray through evil, terror and brilliance, even if their rule only lasted for a relatively short time. However, these men looked to each other as examples. Mussolini adopted Stalin’s use of control and Hitler adopted Mussolini’s form of a fascist nation. They may have been some of the most wicked and brilliant men in history, but they marked the beginning of a worldwide era of