This is the reason that, when the Allies tried to establish a new government in Germany, the German people were less than eager to embrace it. ... When it was introduced in 1918, it had the potential of molding Germany's government into a modern institution. ... In Germany's case, there was no participant culture and, as a result, no trust in the government and no efficacy. ... Events were now changing; Germans could now focus their attention on an enemy they could actually attack (they didn't trust the government but aside from not participating, there wasn't much else the...

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However, only in Italy and Germany did fascist movements turn into parties and become major political forces that by their own efforts achieved governmental power. ... Democracy was either not deeply rooted or a system of government of short duration, and nationalist sentiment often ran high. ... This ultra nationalism was also evident in Nazi Germany with its policy of uniting all Germans in a Gross Deutschland and acquiring Lebensraum in Eastern Europe. ... This newly created system of government (corporate state in Italy), was one of strong rule and one all-powerful leader, a Superman&#...

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However Nazi Germany was never a true totalitarian state, it took until 1944 to fully co-ordinate the army, although in the first year of Nazi government, the army budget increased so much they were unable to spend all of it . ... At the start Hitler's position as Fuhrer was in political terms the merging of the offices of President (head of state) and Chancellor (head of government). ... The Fuhrer principle meant that Germany was mortalised in flesh and blood by its Fuhrer. ... German music and art had to be assimilated by the Nazis. ... Hitler announced at the 1929 Nuremberg Party ral...

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In essence, Italy was a historical follower; the government jumped onto the Allied bandwagon when it was clear they would win World War I and later switched sides in order to join the Axis Powers when World War II began. ... It was by the fall of 1937 that Mussolini had visited Germany, and in spite of several nagging doubts, had nearly made of his mind to address the issue of formalizing the pact between Germany and Italy. ... Anonymous articles during this time continued to proclaim that the Fascist government were not pacifistic, as were the democracies. ... In May of the same year, Hitler...

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Individual liberties such as the right to think differently from others would be valued less than loyalty to the German people, to Hitler and Germany, "Volk, Fuhrer und Vaterland."" ... Women were also discouraged from smoking as this was considered non-German. ... The Law for the Promotion of Marriage of 1934 allowed all newly married couples, which passed as "genetically healthy-, would be eligible to get a 1000 mark government loan. ... Schacht had pulled Germany out of the depression and set the foundation for Germany's economic recovery. ... The memory of the blockades in world wa...

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One of the similarities one can observe between the causes of WWI and WWII is that of the role of Germany. Concerning WWI one of the greatest causes of the war can be seen as the effect of the growth of Germany had on Europe. ... For, with Hitler's rise to power there was a dramatic change in the foreign policy of Germany. ... However, it was his belief in the union of all of the German race in his dreamt of "greater Germany" and the subsequent concept of "lebensraum" that was what, in reality led to war, as he began slowly to invade his neighbours and expand his eastern border, again a g...

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In order to help the economy the government tried to print more money to pay striking workers. ... Germans began to lose confidence in the Weimar Republic, as the government grew weaker. ... Fascism is a government system in which the government, specifically a single dictator, takes complete control of a country and it's population; the goal is having everyone submit to their country's ruling in order to rule the world. A fascist government does not tolerate any questioning of the government, if caught doing so would be punishable by law.8 On April 7, the first anti-Jewish law remo...

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He starts by trying to take over the current government in Germany. The Germany government made a big mistake when they decided to resume payments for their war debts. ... So when it came time to revolt against the German government, Hitler decided to use one of Mussolini's tactics. ... Hitler suffered other repercussions for his actions during the rebellion against the government of Germany. ... On March 5, 1933, after the election, Hitler and his Nazi party started to breakdown the existing government and Hitler became the dictator of Germany. ...

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To what extent could Nazi Germany be considered a totalitarian state in the Period 1933-45? ... Through a variety of institutional arrangements, the Nazi state required a monopoly over information flows in Nazi Germany. ... Berghahn has noted that other government departments and agencies developed their own propaganda units (the NSDAP had 14000 people on its patrol by 1934). ... The third significant problem concerning the application of the Friedrich's model, on the Totalitarian characteristics of Nazi Germany regards the concept of centralized beurocratic control over the German ec...

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The Italian invasion of Abyssinia and in March 1936, the German militarization of the Rhineland were certainly of significance to the Foreign Office since both these right wing Nationalist governments were sympathetic towards Franco, so heavy British intervention on behalf of the Republic could lead to a broader crisis. ... `It also has to be noted that in August 1936, Spain was not the chief priority of the British Government. ... Whilst historic policy and relations with France dictated an official sympathy with the elected Republican government, anti-Communist paranoia within the Conservati...

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Because of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany accepted the War Guilt Clause. ... Because of how the treaty affected Germany greatly, this led to Hitler convinced Germany that he had the solutions to Germany's national problems. ... Germany was successful in getting the German speaking nation-states by implementing Lebensraum. ... Public work projects also helped Germany economically since it gave a lot of people jobs. ... There was also no room for competition since the government controlled everything and everyone had to follow what the government ordered to meet the planned production i...

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Therefore, throughout the entire film what ultimately united all German children, men and women was their citizenship as Germans excluding homosexuals, Gypsies, political dissidents and Jews. ... Nationalism can be seen in virtually all the scenes of the Triumph of the Will, for instance in the speeches made by government officials. They make it feel like Germany is the greatest world power. ... The great and apparently endless lines of soldiers walking past Hitler, the devotion of government officials and numbers that portray greatness and power are just a few things that symbolize nationalis...

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This made it look as if the Italian Government had been ignored. ... Italians The Nazi Germany is the most evident example of a fascist state which was also totalitarian. ... Fascism is a form of government headed, in most cases, by a dictator. ... Personal liberty is severely limited under a fascist government. ... Different strands of the idea Germany, Italy and Japan adopted some variations of fascism by the 1930s until up to the end of World War II. ...

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Nowadays, fascism is most popularly associated with Mussolini's Italy between the years 1922 to 1943, and Hitler's Nazi Germany between the years 1933 to 1945. ... Mussolini capitalized on the uninspired leadership, weak government and economic chaos that fell on Italy during this time to glorify authoritarian and military virtues, and he successfully took power on his October 28th, 1922 "March on Rome" (RoSo, 2002). ... In Germany, Hitler aimed to not only control all political power, but also courts, churches, universities, social clubs, sports associations and youth groups. ......

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Hitler blamed them for Germany's rapid fall as a world power and he made sure they were to be punished for their supposedly wrong doings. ... He figured by that time the war will be over and Hitler will lose his power of Germany. ... While reading, I felt that at this point the Jews should have taken the situation much more seriously then they were because now German army cars were approaching there town. ... They appointed the Jewish police, office for social assistance, labor committee, a hygiene department and a government of machinery. ...

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