Benito Mussolini

World War I was known as “A war to end all wars” – HA! If only there were such a thing – to live in perfect harmony is only a dream. World War I didn’t solve any of the initial problems that caused it, which contributed to the outbreak of World War II. Everything afterwards didn’t unfold as expected. The German empire rebuilt itself, Hitler rose as Dictator, and millions of bodies followed. It’s as if World War I was just the opening scene to a gruesome horror film. The things you have to…

new leaders were introduced, that believed in different ways of running a government. Some were seen as extremists, while others were seen as fair. Totalitarian leaders were extremist. Leaders like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Rafael Trujillo, Benito Mussolini resorted to violent and extreme actions to run their government. Totalitarianism makes one of the most radical regimes because the government controls virtually all the elements of a society, this is achieved through oppression, violence,…

when Germany invaded Poland, causing France and Britain to declare war on Germany a couple of days later. April 9,1940 Germany invaded Norway, May 10th they took over Belgium and then the Netherlands, and then they hit French forces at Sedan. Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator, saw that the French were falling so he activated the Pact of Steel he had with Hitler and declared war against Britain and France on June 10,1940. On June 14th German forces entered Paris and France was split into two…

Since its founding on July 4, 1776, the The United States has had a myriad of trials and tribulations to overcome. With that being said, the U.S. has not always been the great world power that it is today. Historically, after each individual war the U.S. has partaken in, there have been significant changes both at home and across seas. While taking care of the economy on U.S. soil is important, it is not the sole concern. After countless wars and a number of substantial failures, the U.S.…

During the times of WWII, a series of brutal men were attempting to control the world: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Benito Mussolini. That’s just some of the examples from other occurring genocide in the World. In this case the Japanese, there are men involved that go by the name of Hedeki Tojo, Edward King Jr., and Homma Masaharu. At the end of it all Homma Masaharu was help responsible for the death march, “war crime” and was finally executed by a firing squad on the day of April 3rd, 1946…

Contemporary society often makes snap decisions and wishful thinking predominates in the end. Nationalism did not escape the similar fate. During the history of humanity there were enough tragedies occurred due to this ideology. Therefore, people are accustomed to assume this is something virulent. The purpose of Gustavo de las Casas, who wrote the article “Is Nationalism Good for You?”, was to refute this common believe and show nationalism can play a significant role to economic and hence…

“Oh boy, am I glad to be a citizen of the United States of America!” says Disney’s Donald Duck as he wakes from a nightmare where he was under Hitler’s power. Media and arts were used to show people who the “bad guys” were and who to side with (“Donald Versus Hitler” 31). Artist’s used their art to express how they felt about politics by making fun of leaders they didn’t like, such as the infamous Adolf Hitler. They used propaganda and eventually their opinionated art works caused new art to…

The title of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is ironically a quote from another author. However, said author is the great Shakespeare. Huxley uses a line from Shakespeare’s The Tempest in a masterful way. John the Savage quotes the play’s line “O brave new world that has such people in it” (139). This simple phrase is not only a driving factor of the novel, but a philosophical adventure. John the Savage says these lines at first with hope and enthusiasm. His ideal world is at his hands, and he…

WORLD WAR II 6.2 I. Before the war A. Italy 1. Benito Mussolini was the leader of the fascist group in Italy. 2. Fascism is a revolt against democratic values. 3. This was the world’s first totalitarian dictatorship. B. Germany 1. The Treaty of Versailles (which was instituted following World War I) placed harsh conditions on Germany to stop them from rising up in war again. 2. Desperation and starvation caused many problems among the German people. 3. Adolf Hitler led the people with promises…

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Baurau am Inn, Austria to Adolf Hitler Sr. and Klara Polz. Adolf had five other siblings but his three older siblings, Gustav, Ida and Otto, died in infancy. At the age of three Adolf and his family moved to Passau, Germany and began to have more of a lower Bavarian dialect, rather than an Austrian-German accent. In 1894, Hitler 's family moved back to Austria and lived in Leoning 's and a year later moved to a small landholding in Helfeld where Adolf…