The Rise of Totalitarianism

Benito Mussolini

1883

Found a Italian political party known as the National Fascist Party. He won a election and became the leader of the National Fascist Party because of his speaking skills

Joseph Stalin

1920

Created a myth of his own greatness. In the years following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, Stalin rose to become the leader of the Soviet Union

Adolf Hilter

1933

Hitlers anger about the Treaty of Versailles led him into politics, he joined a group called the Nazis. Hitler was a very good speaker so he became the leader of the Nazi Party.

Hideki Tojo

1944

Hideki Tojo, prime minister of Japan, grabs his power by taking over as army chief of staff, a position that gives him direct control of the Japanese military.