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Benito Mussolini was born in 1883 in the Kingdom of Italy.
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Adolf Hiter is born in Austria.
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Francisco Franco was born on Dec 4, 1892 in Galicia, Spain.
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Mussolini was a member of a Socialist party in Italy in the early 1900s. Unlike many Socialists, he supported entry into World War 1.
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Hitler wanted to join the Austrain army but he was denied entry because they felt he was too weak to carry a weapon.
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By the end of World War 1, Mussolini strongly opposed socialism and communism.
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Following World War 1, Mussolini decided to create a new political party in Italy known as the National Fascist Party.
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Mussolini assumed power in the Italian government in 1922 and established a dictatorship.
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Hitler's effort to seize Germany failed, as a result he was imprisoned for nine months.
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While in prison, Hitler wrote a book titled Mein Kampf. The book outlined Hitler's political ideas.
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By 1933 the Nazis were the most powerful political party in all of Germany.
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Spaniards had a fierce politcal conflict during the mid 1930's, which resulted in a Spanish Civil War.
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In February of 1938, Hitler ended an alliance with China and sought an alliance with Japan instead.
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By 1939 Franco's Nationalists had defeated the Republicans. Francisco Franco was now the Fascist dictator of Spain
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On Oct. 23, 1940, Hitler and Franco met to discuss Spain's possible entry into the Axis powers, but Franco's demands were too much for Hiter and they could not reach an agreement.
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Kim Jong Il was born in 1941
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Benito Mussolini was captured and killed by anti-Fascists. After his death, his body was hung and tortured alongside of other Fascist leaders.
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Adolf Hitler and his wife committed suicide in Berlin during a raid of the city.
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In 1973 Francisco Franco decided to step down as a leader in Spain. Spain soon became a Democracy.
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Francisco Franco died on Nov, 20, 1975 at the age of 82.
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On July 8, 1994, Kim Il-sung died from a heart attack, this left North Korean citizens in mourning.
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North Korea has been suffering famine, ecnomic problems, and other downfalls during the ruling of Kim Jong Il and his successor Kim Jong-un. They have been ruling North Korea under a harsh dictatorship.
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Rigid economic policies in North Korea have led to more than 10 years of famine.
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Kim Jong Il officially became General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea on October 8 1997
