Rise and rule of single-party states
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- | |Hitler's Germany | + | ! width="20%"|Hitler's Germany |
- | |Mussolini's Italy | + | ! width="20%"|Mussolini's Italy |
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|time of rule | |time of rule | ||
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|rise to power | |rise to power | ||
|tactical, political manipulation (stuff like making trotsky miss lenin's funeral, and creating a cult of lenin) | |tactical, political manipulation (stuff like making trotsky miss lenin's funeral, and creating a cult of lenin) | ||
- | |public appeal, weak Weimar constitution, support from anti-communists | + | |public appeal, weak Weimar constitution, support from anti-communists, fought in WWI, Reichstag Fire, Strong image |
- | |public appeal, military 'threat' (march on rome) | + | |public appeal, military 'threat' (march on rome), fought in WWI (see [http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dfmj7wp5_52ggf2g8 slideshow]) |
|public appeal (not stealing during war with kuomintang), 'long march' | |public appeal (not stealing during war with kuomintang), 'long march' | ||
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|WWII (attempted escape + execution) | |WWII (attempted escape + execution) | ||
|death only | |death only | ||
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- | | | + | ! |Foreign policy: |
+ | ! |Stalin's Russia | ||
+ | ! |Hitler's Germany | ||
+ | ! |Mussolini's Italy | ||
+ | ! |Mao's China | ||
|---- | |---- | ||
|invaded anything? | |invaded anything? | ||
- | |only buffer states | + | |only buffer states, specifically Poland |
- | |'lebensraum,' re-uniting Germany w/ | + | |'lebensraum,' re-uniting Germany w/ Austria, reclaim Ruhr and Germans from Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) - , then taking over the whole freakin' world |
- | |unite Italy, colonize | + | |unite Italy, colonize Abyssinia (Ethiopia) (recreate Roman empire) |
- | |unite the | + | |unite the Chinese |
|---- | |---- | ||
|treaties | |treaties | ||
- | |Nazi- | + | |Nazi-Soviet pact (agreement to not attack each other, and to divide Poland) |
- | |Nazi- | + | |Nazi-Soviet pact (agreement to not attack each other, and to divide Poland), Rome-Berlin Axis |
- | |Rome- | + | |Rome-Berlin Axis |
|Isolation | |Isolation | ||
|---- | |---- | ||
- | | | + | ! |Domestic goals |
- | |creation of strong self-sufficient soviet state through | + | |creation of strong self-sufficient soviet state through industrialization and collectivization, "Socialism in one country" |
- | |rearmament | + | |rearmament, purify German Blood |
- | |establishment of corporate state, reclaim glory of | + | |establishment of corporate state, reclaim glory of Rome, battle for babies/land/grain etc, increase nationalism + militarism |
|establish communist state | |establish communist state | ||
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- | | | + | ! |Economy: |
+ | ! |Stalin's Russia | ||
+ | ! |Hitler's Germany | ||
+ | ! |Mussolini's Italy | ||
+ | ! |Mao's China | ||
|---- | |---- | ||
|industrialized already? | |industrialized already? | ||
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|yes | |yes | ||
|partly | |partly | ||
- | |no | + | |no |
|---- | |---- | ||
- | | | + | |industrialization |
|5 year plans | |5 year plans | ||
- | | | + | |prioritized industry (for war) |
|corporate state | |corporate state | ||
- | |5 year plans, Great leap forward (bad because they melted down | + | |5 year plans, Great leap forward (bad because they melted down scrap metal and made it into tractors, which then broke) |
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- | | | + | |centralization |
|yes | |yes | ||
|yes | |yes | ||
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|yes | |yes | ||
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- | | | + | |collectivization |
|yes, forced in many cases | |yes, forced in many cases | ||
|no | |no | ||
|no | |no | ||
|yes, but not forced! | |yes, but not forced! | ||
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- | | | + | ! |Political control: |
+ | ! |Stalin's Russia | ||
+ | ! |Hitler's Germany | ||
+ | ! |Mussolini's Italy | ||
+ | ! |Mao's China | ||
|---- | |---- | ||
|political position | |political position | ||
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|Informants | |Informants | ||
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- | | | + | ! |Social control: |
+ | ! |Stalin's Russia | ||
+ | ! |Hitler's Germany | ||
+ | ! |Mussolini's Italy | ||
+ | ! |Mao's China | ||
|---- | |---- | ||
|control of the media/propaganda | |control of the media/propaganda | ||
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|church and state | |church and state | ||
|anti-religious (allowed pogroms) | |anti-religious (allowed pogroms) | ||
- | | | + | |Went along with the church initially, as it promoted family values, but hoped that eventually Christian ideas would be forgotten by society |
- | |concordat of | + | |concordat of Rome, Lateran pact: recognized the church, gave them their own state, allowed them to have youth organizations -> led to divided loyalties |
|anti-religious | |anti-religious | ||
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|role of women | |role of women | ||
- | | | + | |Expected to be active in the drive to develop Russian Industry, as well as fuffiling the more menial and domestic tasks at home (for HL detail, see [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pKa_2RSz0PPD1QOd7aaF6Ww here] ) |
|assigned roles - breed aryans | |assigned roles - breed aryans | ||
|originally supposed to be equal, later became housewives only | |originally supposed to be equal, later became housewives only | ||
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- | |Difficulties | + | ! |Difficulties |
|'de-kulakization' leads to ppl burning crops and killing animals rather than give them up | |'de-kulakization' leads to ppl burning crops and killing animals rather than give them up | ||
- | |he shouldnt've invaded | + | |he shouldnt've invaded Russia. |
|general strength of Italy wasn't really that great. | |general strength of Italy wasn't really that great. | ||
- | |had to fight a civil war | + | |had to fight a civil war, and Great Leap forward produced faulty machinery |
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- | |Writings | + | ! |Writings |
|'foundations of leninism' | |'foundations of leninism' | ||
|Mein Kampf | |Mein Kampf | ||
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|lil' red book | |lil' red book | ||
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- | |Conclusion: | + | ! |Conclusion: |
|Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Mussolini were actually the SAME PERSON!!! OMFG | |Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Mussolini were actually the SAME PERSON!!! OMFG | ||
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+ | |CHINA IS IN ASIA | ||
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+ | ! |Stalin's Russia | ||
+ | ! |Hitler's Germany | ||
+ | ! |Mussolini's Italy | ||
+ | ! |Mao's China | ||
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Current revision as of 06:06, 18 December 2014
Stalin's Russia | Hitler's Germany | Mussolini's Italy | Mao's China | |
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time of rule | 1924-1953 | 1933-1945 | 1922-1945 | civil war 1931-1949, rule 1949-1976 |
rise to power | tactical, political manipulation (stuff like making trotsky miss lenin's funeral, and creating a cult of lenin) | public appeal, weak Weimar constitution, support from anti-communists, fought in WWI, Reichstag Fire, Strong image | public appeal, military 'threat' (march on rome), fought in WWI (see slideshow) | public appeal (not stealing during war with kuomintang), 'long march' |
fall from power | Death only (USSR falls later) | WWII (+suicide) | WWII (attempted escape + execution) | death only |
Foreign policy: | Stalin's Russia | Hitler's Germany | Mussolini's Italy | Mao's China |
invaded anything? | only buffer states, specifically Poland | 'lebensraum,' re-uniting Germany w/ Austria, reclaim Ruhr and Germans from Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) - , then taking over the whole freakin' world | unite Italy, colonize Abyssinia (Ethiopia) (recreate Roman empire) | unite the Chinese |
treaties | Nazi-Soviet pact (agreement to not attack each other, and to divide Poland) | Nazi-Soviet pact (agreement to not attack each other, and to divide Poland), Rome-Berlin Axis | Rome-Berlin Axis | Isolation |
Domestic goals | creation of strong self-sufficient soviet state through industrialization and collectivization, "Socialism in one country" | rearmament, purify German Blood | establishment of corporate state, reclaim glory of Rome, battle for babies/land/grain etc, increase nationalism + militarism | establish communist state |
Economy: | Stalin's Russia | Hitler's Germany | Mussolini's Italy | Mao's China |
industrialized already? | no | yes | partly | no |
industrialization | 5 year plans | prioritized industry (for war) | corporate state | 5 year plans, Great leap forward (bad because they melted down scrap metal and made it into tractors, which then broke) |
centralization | yes | yes | yes | yes |
collectivization | yes, forced in many cases | no | no | yes, but not forced! |
Political control: | Stalin's Russia | Hitler's Germany | Mussolini's Italy | Mao's China |
political position | Socialist: "Socialism in one country" | Nazi/Fascist | Fascist, Corporate State | Communist |
re: political opposition | political parties banned, show trials | political parties banned | political parties banned | political parties banned, show trials |
resistance anyway? | Gulag'd | yes | yes | Kuomintang still in Taiwan |
purges | Political purges | Political purges | Political purges (rectification campaign) | |
democratic discussion | no | no | no | no |
secret police | KGB | Gestapo, S.S. LOTS of informants | Informants | |
Social control: | Stalin's Russia | Hitler's Germany | Mussolini's Italy | Mao's China |
control of the media/propaganda | Censorship - newspapers, limiting works of artists, school books adapted | Censorship - newspapers, limiting works of artists, school books adapted. Goebbel important | Censorship - newspapers, limiting works of artists, school books adapted, propaganda in modern arts+media | Censorship - newspapers, limiting works of artists, school books adapted |
cult of personality | yes | yes | yes | yes |
instill nationalism? | yes | yes | yes | yes |
use of military | purges, reign of terror, secret police: rather than military | military state | military state | Red Guards |
common enemy | capitalism | communists, non-aryans, Jews, signatories of Versailles | communists, (signatories of Versailles) | capitalism |
church and state | anti-religious (allowed pogroms) | Went along with the church initially, as it promoted family values, but hoped that eventually Christian ideas would be forgotten by society | concordat of Rome, Lateran pact: recognized the church, gave them their own state, allowed them to have youth organizations -> led to divided loyalties | anti-religious |
antisemitism | existed already (with Tsars, etc) | yes, to the extent of genocide | attempted but unpopular | none |
ethnic cleansing | russification, stalinisation ? | yes | no | no |
classless society? | yes | class shd be meaningless: opportunity for all Germans, but dictatorship is fine | ultimate aim | yes |
cultural changes | none(?) | yes - nature, family, 'germanic ideal' | yes - natural inheritor of ancient Rome, return to traditional family values | creation of new china (abolish four olds - culture, habits, customs, ideas), cultural revolution |
role of women | Expected to be active in the drive to develop Russian Industry, as well as fuffiling the more menial and domestic tasks at home (for HL detail, see here ) | assigned roles - breed aryans | originally supposed to be equal, later became housewives only | |
Difficulties | 'de-kulakization' leads to ppl burning crops and killing animals rather than give them up | he shouldnt've invaded Russia. | general strength of Italy wasn't really that great. | had to fight a civil war, and Great Leap forward produced faulty machinery |
Writings | 'foundations of leninism' | Mein Kampf | newspapers lol | lil' red book |
Conclusion: | Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Mussolini were actually the SAME PERSON!!! OMFG | CHINA IS IN ASIA | ||
Stalin's Russia | Hitler's Germany | Mussolini's Italy | Mao's China |
[edit] Outside Resources:
- An immensely helpful Google Spreadsheet being used to study History. A Single party leader comparison sheet is on the second sheet.