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Dictators
There have been many great leaders throughout history
Not all have been nice
These men were known as dictators
Genghis Khan
‘Emperor of Emperors’
Military genius
Conquered more than Alexander the Great
Controlled the Mongol hordes
Died mysteriously
Napoleon Bonaparte
Considered the greatest general ever
Crowned himself emperor
Conquered most of Europe
Poisoned, died in exile
Adolf Hitler
His motto was “Have no pity. Act brutally.”
He conquered most of Europe
Invented the ‘lightning war’ or Blitzkrieg
He spread death as no one else in history
Didn’t take ‘experts’ advice
Shot himself when he lost the war
Benito Mussolini
Controlled Italy as a fascist dictator
Wanted to make Italy a world power
Joined Hitler in WWII
When the war was over he fled
Was shot to death by Italians in Switzerland
Vladimir Lenin
Communist
Ruled by ‘terror’
Declared dictator deposed the Czar
Involved in Russian Civil War
Had an assassination attempt against him
Died of a brain hemorrhage
Saddam HusseinControls Iraq
Controls a lot of the world’s oil
Caused Gulf War by annexing Kuwait
Considered a zealot
Alive, although has had assassination attempts against him
JULIUS CAESARGreat general
Worked his way up the political ladder
Appointed dictator
Murdered by his friends
Caesar
O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low?
Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils shrunk to this little measure?
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