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?