Totalitarianism - WWII Luisa by Luisa Silva Ferreira

Totalitarianism

3141078_1 — 2025-01-24 14:53:20 UTC

a form of government that tried to exert complete control over its citizens; in a totalitarian state, individuals have no rights, and the government suppresses (stops/prevents) any and all opposition (resistance) to the government

Germany

3141078_1 — 2025-01-24 14:53:20 UTC

Who was the leader?
ADOLF HITLER
What was the movement/government called?
Nazi party/ nazism
What did they promise/believe?
Extreme nationalism, uniting all german speaking people in a great german empire. Racial "purification"(blue eyed and blond hair formed as master race) jews deemed inferior national expansion - more lebansraum or living space.
What actions did the government make once in power?
dismantled Germany's democratic weimar republic established the third reich the third german empire.

Soviet Union

3141078_1 — 2025-01-24 14:53:20 UTC

Who was the leader?
Joseph Stalin
What was the movement/government called?
Communism
What did they promise/believe?
Stalin focused on creating a model communist state. He made both agricultural and industrial growth the prime economic goals of the Soviet union
What actions did the government make once in power?
He abolished all privately owned farms and replaced them with large government owned farms, each worked by hundreds of families. He laid out a dive year plan to direct the industriization of the soviet union and all economic activity was placed under state management they became the second largest industrial power behind the u.s.

Italy

3141078_1 — 2025-01-24 14:53:20 UTC

Who was the leader?
Benito Mussolini
What was the movement/government called?
Fascism/Fascist party
What did they promise/believe?
they stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state above those of individuals. Believed power must rest within a sing strong leader and a small group of devoted party members.
What actions did the government make once in power?
Mussolini extanded Fascist control to every aspect of Italian life. They crushed all opposition and made Italy a totalitarian state

Japan

3141078_1 — 2025-01-24 14:53:20 UTC

Who was the leader?
military leaders
What was the movement/government called?
imperial/military government
What did they promise/believe?
nationalistic military leaders believed in the need for more living space for a growing population
What actions did the government make once in power?
Japanese officials, the militarists launched a surprise attack and seized control of the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. Within several months, Japanese troops controlled the entire province