The Rise of Totalitarianism

  • Benito Mussolini

    Benito Mussolini
    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

    Joseph Stalin
    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

    Adolf Hilter
    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

    Hideki Tojo
    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.