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The story begins at the end of World War I.
With the successful Allied advance in 1918,
Germany realized the war was unwinnable
and signed an armistice ending the fighting.
As its imperial government collapsed,
civil unrest and worker strikes spread across the nation.
Fearing a Communist revolution,
major parties joined to suppress the uprisings,
establishing the parliamentary Weimar Republic.
One of the new government's first tasks
was implementing the peace treaty imposed by the Allies. -
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Army and served in the war before an injury sent him back to his newspaper jobs by 1919 he created the Italian combat squad as an alternative to socialism this coincided with a period of Italian social discord know as the biennial rustle or two red years when his paramilitary fascist black shirts publicly sparred with socialists and other groups other groups -
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in 1921 the combat squad became the national fascist party and Mussolini won a seat in the Italian Chamber of Deputie his party was soon ready for power in Octobrer 1922 -
Mussolini
the march on Rome resulted in the fascist party seizing power on Ocotber 31st 1922 Benito Mussolini became the 40th Prime Ministr of Italy and the youngest to that point Mussolini spent the next year's disassembling the Italian democratic system using propaganda to portray himself as the only man capable of unifying the country and transforming Italy -
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His words found resonance in a society with many anti-Semitic people.By this time, hundreds of thousands of Jews had integrated into German society,but many Germans continued to perceive them as outsiders.After World War I, Jewish success led to ungrounded accusationsof subversion and war profiteering.It can not be stressed enough that these conspiracy theories were born out of fear,anger,and bigotry,not fact. -
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In addition to losing over a tenth of its territory and dismantling its army,Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war and pay reparations,debilitating its already weakened economy.All this was seen as a humiliation by many nationalists and veterans.They wrongly believed the war could have been won if the army hadn't been betrayed by politicians and protesters.For Hitler, these views became obsession,and his bigotry and paranoid delusions led him to pin the blame on Jews. -
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into a one-party stat in 1925 he made himselft dictador and took the title of ill duche or the leader the fascists were accused of using violent force to crush political foes however despite some assassination attemps Mussolini was itially widely supported due to his efforts fighting unemployment and financial -
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Nonetheless, Hitler found success with them.When he joined a small nationalist political party,his manipulative public speaking launched him into its leadershipand drew increasingly larger crowds.Combining anti-Semitism with populist resentment,the Nazis denounced both Communism and Capitalismas international Jewish conspiracies to destroy Germany.The Nazi party was not initially popular. -
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After they made an unsuccessful attempt at overthrowing the government,the party was banned,and Hitler jailed for treason.But upon his release about a year later,he immediately began to rebuild the movement. And then, in 1929, the Great Depression happened. -
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decline one of Mussolini's most significant achievements was the latter impact of 1929 this treatry settlend the long-standing dispute between Italy and the roman catholic church and create the independentstate of Vatican City mussolini the began colonizing african countries to created a new roman empire for example 1935 s Ethiopian war resulted in that country's seizure by the Italian Empire in 1936 -
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It led to American banks withdrawing their loans from Germany,and the already struggling German economy collapsed overnight.Hitler took advantage of the people's anger,offering them convenient scapegoats and a promise to restore Germany's former greatness.Mainstream parties proved unable to handle the crisiswhile left-wing opposition was too fragmented by internal squabbles. -
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And so some of the frustrated public flocked to the Nazis,increasing their parliamentary votes from under 3% to over 18% in just two years.In 1932, Hitler ran for president,losing the election to decorated war hero General von Hindenburg.But with 36% of the vote, Hitler had demonstrated the extent of his support. -
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The following year, advisors and business leaders convinced Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as Chancellor,hoping to channel his popularity for their own goals.Though the Chancellor was only the administrative head of parliament,Hitler steadily expanded the power of his position.While his supporters formed paramilitary groups and fought protestors in streets.Hitler raised fears of a Communist uprising and argued that only he could restore law and order.Then in 1933 -
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a young worker was convicted of setting fire to the parliament building.Hitler used the event to convince the government to grant him emergency powers.Within a matter of months, freedom of the press was abolished,other parties were disbanded,and anti-Jewish laws were passed.Many of Hitler's early radical supporters were arrested and executed,along with potential rivals,and when President Hindenburg died in August 1934,it was clear there would be no new election.Disturbingly. -
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His speeches exploited people's fear and ire
to drive their support behind him and the Nazi party.
Meanwhile, businessmen and intellectuals,
wanting to be on the right side of public opinion,
endorsed Hitler.
They assured themselves and each other
that his more extreme rhetoric was only for show.
Decades later, Hitler's rise remains a warning
of how fragile democratic institutions can be in the face of angry crowds
and a leader willing to feed their anger and exploit their fears. -
Mussolini
Mussolini sent military aid to Spanish dictador Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War this pushed Mussolini closer to Nazi Germany's dictador Adolf Hitler though their early relationship was unstable to strengthen ties Mussolini adopted the anti-semitic manifesto of race in 1938 .