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Hitler's rise to power of Nazi Germany
In Germany in September of 1919 Adolf Hitler joined a political party known as German Workers' Party. Since then and now he has become one of the worst humans to have ever lived. In 1941-1945 Hitler started the Holocaust where the outcome was the extermination of over 6 million Jews. He was the icon of the Nazi party from what we've all seen. Everything ended in April 1945 when Hitler committed suicide as the Red Army and Western Allies closed in on him. -
Benito Mussolini and Fascist Italy
On October 31, 1932 Benito Mussolini became the Prime Minister of Italy. At the time he was a leading supporter of Facism. He became Prime Minister through forging the paramilitary Fascist movement in 1919 and becoming Prime Minister 3 years later. On April 28, 1945 (just 2 days before Hitlers death) Mussolini was executed and hung upside down at a train station to confirm his death. -
Francisco Franco and Spanish Military Dictatorship
Francisco Franco was the general and dictator of Spain from 1939-1975. During the Spanish Civil War is when he rose to power with the help of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. He did stay out of WWII but did send 50,000 volunteers to fight with the Germans. Franco stayed as the dictator from 1939 until his death on November 20, 1975. -
Joseph Stalin as the dictator of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin is famously known as the dictator of the Soviet Union. Stalin was originally a part of the Bolshevik Party and fought for control of the Communist Party and eventually in the late 1920's he became dictator of the Soviet Union. On March 1, 1953 Stalin was found almost unconscious in his room and it was discovered he had suffered a burst blood vessel in the brain and died 4 days later on March 5,1953.
