Fascism in Germany & Italy

Germany-

• they were ready for change since they were in a depression
• they had financial & political problems
• the Weimar Republic is weak- it was set up in a way that it would be easy to overthrow
• it set up the Parliamentary Government
• chancellor was under the president
• Hitler becomes chancellor and after president dies he becomes the president
• the Nazis exploited the Weimar Republic
• Natzis (once in power) made it illegal to make another political power
• Education, media, and propaganda was starting to get controlled by the Natzis
• they break the Versailles of Treaty agreements
• banned labor and trade unions
• Hitler wanted to reunite German people under one ruler which is called Anschluss
• Lebensraum-German for "living space" and it was the philosophy that justified accusation of claiming of land.
• the philosophy did not work because it did not account for human greed
• the negatives include women's rights not getting better, and civil rights getting more diminished
• positives include the building of more roadways, highways etc.
• also corporations were starting to begin

Italy-

• Mussolini was smart, and he started as a newspaper editor
• he wanted to do things his own way so he got fired
• he started his own newspaper
• used this newspaper to get his fascism ideas out
• he believed they did not get their fair share of the Versailles Treaty since they were one of the "winners"
• Italy thought they deserved much more
• The Mussolini Black Shirts were the secret police for Mussolini
• Since Mussolini had a powerful allie named Vadtkin, the king did not want to stand up to Mussolini and therefore he became in control of the government

5 Major Differences-

1. Germany was ready for change since they were in a depression, while Italy wanted a strong leader since they got the "raw end" of the Versailles Treaty and needed leadership.

2. Mussolini put his thoughts in the newspaper while Hitler made influencing speeches.

3. Mussolini had the Black Shirts which were his secret police while Hitler did not have a secret police.

4. Hitler overthrew the Weimar Republic while Mussolini did not have to overthrow anything.

5. The Natzis banned labor and trade unions while Mussolini did not ban anything.