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Totalitarianisms
Italian fascism 
Fascism was the system of authoritarian government established by Benito Mussolini in Italy when he became head of the government in 1922
The constitutional monarchy of Victor Emmanuel III was badly affected by the post-war economic crisis.
The situation led to the creation of the Fasci, voluntary militias, which with the support of the owners helped to maintain order in the streets. These were a paramilitary group with an ultra-nationalist ideology that opposed the socialist parties and unions.
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Characteristics
Government intervention in the economy was established, particularly after the economic crisis.
Mussolini's social policies put an end to the unrest because he removed workers' rights, such as the right to a union and to strike.
In politics he transferred all power to himself. He was the leader of the only political party, head of the government and head of the army. All other parties were prohibited.
Characteristics
Foreign policy
These regimes pursued an expansionist foreign policy to gain new territories and new markets and raw materials
Economy
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Public works programmes were set up to reduce unemployment and imports were minimalised to benefit national production
Society
Almost all the classes supported the regime and they believed that this system provided a solution to their problems
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Politics
it was therefore an anti-democratic government in which there were no political parties, trade unions or free elections
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There was a charismatic leader who possessed absolute political power and a single political party which supported him
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Nazi Germany
In 1921, Adolf Hitler became the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
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The triumph of totalitarianism in Germany can be explained by the humiliation Germans felt over the territorial and economic conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles
The USSR: Stalinism
Stalinism was the system of totalitarian government which was established in the USSR when, after Lenin's death in 1924, Joseph Stalin eliminated all possible political rivals and took control of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)
Characteristics
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Maintained the CPSU as the only political party and
tried to spread communism across Europe throught the Comintern
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