WWII Totalitarian Governments A form of government in which: One political party, group, or leader exercises absolute authority & centralized control over ALL aspects of public & private life Individual rights are subordinate to the state Opposing political views are not tolerated & often suppressed Definition of Totalitarianism A leader with total power over a country. Definition of Dictator totalitarian govts After WWI, totalitarian govts rose due to: economies Bad economies due to the world-wide depression frustratedleadership People frustrated with poor leadership Rise of Totalitarianism Leaders Name & Country Benito Mussolini Dictator of Italy Type of Government (Mussolini) Facsism 1) Benito Mussolini Italy 1) Benito Mussolini became the fascist dictator of Italy 2) Fascism 2) Fascism preaches an extreme form of patriotism and nationalism. 3) Needs of Italy were more important than those of individual Italians Explanation of Type of Govt Nickname (Mussolini) Il Duce the leader in Italian Mussolini Videoemerging-dictator Leaders Name & Country Adolf Hitler Dictator of Germany Type of Government (Hitler) Nazism Form of Facsism 1) Like Italys fascism, except Hitler preached German superiority. 2) Nazis were racist, claiming Germans were the supreme Aryan race. 3) Jews were especially despised and hated. Explanation of Type of Govt Nickname (Hitler) Der Fhrer the leader in German Hitler Video https://www.youtube.com/v/iuikQXAYVAk (2:42) Leaders Name & Country Josef Stalin Dictator of Soviet Union USSR Type of Government (Stalin) Communism 1) With communism, the govt controlled every aspect of life in the nation. 2) Stalin crushed any opposition to the govt. Explanation of Type of Govt Nickname (Stalin) Stalin Man of Steel in Russian Uncle Joe (by western media) Stalin Video https://www.youtube.com/v/oE2s2W5OCDk (2:36) https://www.youtube.com/v/oE2s2W5OCDk Leaders Name & Country Hideki Tojo Dictator of Japan Type of Government (Tojo) Militarism 1) Japans Emperor Hirohito only held symbolic power. He was a figure head. 2) A military clique led by Prime Minister Tojo ruled Japan. military Japanese people. 3) Used the military to gain power of the Japanese people. Explanation of Type of Govt Nickname (Tojo) Kamisori Razor in Japanese Tojo Video https://www.youtube.com/v/wSQJVkAfQ0A (1:57) https://www.youtube.com/v/wSQJVkAfQ0A