Joseph Stalin was one of the undisputed leaders of the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1928 till his death. After a terrible civil war and death of Valdimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power in the Soviet Union. He immediately started putting his opponents to death and began a ruthless program to build up industry in the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), killing anyone in his way. He was the Soviet dictator, who was responsible for the deaths of around 15 million
people during his 31-year reign of terror. In the time that Joseph Stalin
was political leader in the USSR he had accomplished many things. One
of these many things is the one that made him a very infamous leader.
He was one o the first totalitarian leaders. By this it meant that he
had complete power over everyone in the USSR. He could help someone or
just kill someone he had a god-like status.
Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin from 1928 to 1953.
Examples of totalitarian:
- Single party dictatorship (Communist Party)
- Ruled through fear and terror (Reign Of Terror)
- Used censorship and propaganda - schools, newspapers, and government
- Secret Police
"Agriculture is developing slowly, comrades. This is because we have about 25 million individually owned farms. They are the most primitive and undeveloped form of economy we must do our utmost to develop large farms and to convert them into grain factories for the country organized on a modern scientific basis."
Benito Mussolini was in Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party. He is one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. Mussolini and his fascist followers, known as the "blackshirts" marched on Rome ans seized power in Italy in 1922. He began using the title II Duce ("The Leader") by 1925 and set up an efficient but brutal rule over Italy. 1925 was around the time which he had established dictatorial authority by both legal and extraordinary means, aspiring to create a totalitarian state. After 1936, his official title was Sua Eccellenza Benito Mussolini, Capo del Governo, Duce del Fascismo e Fondatore dell'Impero ("His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire")
Italy under Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini from 1922 to 1943
Examples of totalitarian:
- No Criticism of the state allowed
- "Everything is the state" Forced Italian men to join military, and women should have babies
- Used censorship and propaganda- newspapers, schools, and government
- Secret Police, the OVRA
"War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace."
Francisco Franco was a Spanish general, dictator and the leader of the Nationalist military rebellion in the Spanish Civil War, and authoritarian head of state of Spain. In 1936, civil war broke out in Spain between the Republicans and General Franco's Nationalists. Mussolini and Hitler sent men and aircraft to help Franco. Stalin sent money to help the Republicans. After two years of bitter fighting, Franco won the war and took control of Spain. from October 1939 until his
death in November 1975. He came to power while recognizing the
principles of the far-right Falange movement,
although this was for propaganda reasons, as he belonged to no
political party before becoming Head of State. As head of state, Franco
used the titles Caudillo de España and Generalísimo, but also was called formally as His Excellency, The Head of State.
Spain under Francisco Franco y Bahamonde from 1936 to 1975
Examples of totalitarian:
- Established one party government (Falange)
- Continued to support conservative and traditional activities (bullfighting and flamenco dancing)
- Imprisonment of political opponents and limited trade unions
- Censorship, Secret police
"In the panel on which I am working, which I shall call Guernica, and in all my recent works of art, I clearly express my abhorrence of the military castle which has sunk Spain in an ocean of pain and death."
Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Taisei Yokusankai and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II, from 17 October 1941 to 22 July 1944. As Prime Minister, he was directly responsible for the Attack of Pearl Harbor, which led to the war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun before he entered office. After the end of the war, Tōjō was arrested, sentenced to death for Japanese War Crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and was hanged on December 23 1948. During the Great Depressions, nations could not afford to buy Japanese goods and many factories closed. Some Japanese blamed the democracy movement for the economic problems and thought that a return to military rule would be the solution to Japan's problems.
Japan under Hideki Tōjō from 1941 to 1944
Examples of totalitarian:
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