No other nation could have the attrition rate afforded to Russia by its vast population. ... Weather On October 2nd 1941 German troops marched on Moscow, with only 90,000 Russian soldiers defending the capital, the government was preparing to evacuate. ... Believing they would quickly topple Russia, the Wehrmacht had not prepared for Winter. ... Economy The Russian war effort was a "tremendous economic and organizational achievement." ... Economically, lend-lease was "Russia's life-saver." ...

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In Stalin's Russia, his regime of totalitarianism controlled every aspect of Russian society. ... In fact, no Russian citizen could leave the country without special government permission. ... His metaphor shows how the new German government took control of every aspect of German society, similar to Stalin's regime in Russia. ... The government created the National Labor Front, which banned strikes and placed smaller Fuhrers in charge of factories. ... In Russia, Stalin's Five Year Plans created temporary discomfort among the Russian people. ...

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The Red Terror in Russia differs from the genocide in Germany. ... In Russia the newly instated government used terror to maintain the recent change in the state. ... Lenin introduced the Cheka the Russian secret police similar to the SS. ... (O"Kane 1991 166) The Terror symbolised the change in government the previous government of Cuba had been tortures and murderers convicted of war crimes Castro's government promised a more humane government the terror symbolised a purging of the system. ... Terror more often than not springs from revolution as seen in China an R...

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Hitler made an empty promise not to interfere with the government. ... After Czechoslovakia, Hitler had his troops, along with Russia's, take over Poland. Less than fifteen months after Russia had helped Germany win Poland, Hitler planned to invade Russia. However, Russia took Germany by surprise. ... Eventually the Nazis surrendered to Russia. ...

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This made it look as if the Italian Government had been ignored. ... Stalinist Russia was clearly totalitarian but was not fascist. Though Russia's internal behavior was very similar to Nazi Germany, fascism and socialism are diametrically opposite and fiercely opposed to each other. ... Fascism is a form of government headed, in most cases, by a dictator. ... Personal liberty is severely limited under a fascist government. ...

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Adolf's dreams of becoming an artist did not match the government official job his father wanted him to have. ... Hitler was thrown in jail for his attempt to overthrow the government, but only served nine months of his 5-year sentence. ... He quickly outlawed all political parities and made the Nazi way the new form of government. ... This deal with Russia was set up so that when Hitler took Poland the land would be divided with Stalin. ... German forces moved into Russia but could not defend themselves against Moscow and Leningrad. ...

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Committee (1) Conspiracy to commit crimes alleged in other counts (United States) Committee (2) Crimes agents peace (England) Committee (3) War Crimes (France) Committee (4) Crimes agents humanity (Russia) The United States alleged that the Nazi party as a whole committed conspiracy to start an aggressive war, to commit crimes agents humanity (slave labor and the stealing of resources) and to cleanse the world of various ethnic groups. ... -As of 1937 plans were made for the conquest of Austria and Czechoslovakia contrary to what Hitler said Germany neither intends, nor wishes to interfere in...

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His opposition party having been eliminated in that way, his next challenge was to undermine the central government of Germany. ... In that way, the central government had begun to be undermined by his accusations that they were being controlled either by the Soviet Union, or by the Jews. ... Whether or not the groups cited by Hitler actually felt that way about the central government, however, is highly doubtful. But this was neither the first time, nor the last time, that Hitler would make direct references to Jewish control over governments. ... By equating the Jew with the government,...

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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 newly created system of government (corporate state in Italy), was one of strong rule and one all-powerful leader, a Superman', who was to be upheld unquestionably. ... The fascist government made great use of modern technical achievements of propaganda such as, radio, cinema, newspapers an...

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They agreed that land to the west of Lituania was to be the German and land to the east was to be Russian. The Russians and Germans had sealed the Polish fate. ... A.J.P Taylor rejects this idea and claims that Hitler was "not an evil monster who moulded events to fit his master plan", but was a man of "improvisation", "opportunism", and "the spur-of-the-moment bright idea", "an ordinary German statesman" whose foreign policy differed little from that of earlier German governments. ...

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Moreover, the growing dissent in Germany caused by the Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Government's failure to restore order prompted the rise of one of the most dangerous leaders in history - Adolf Hitler. ... When tax revenue failed to meet the needs of the annual payments to the Allies, the Weimar Government ordered its treasury to begin printing more money. ... Many Germans began expressing doubt in the ability of the Weimar government to handle the needs of its people. In Russia, the Communist Party swept into power. ...

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They appointed the Jewish police, office for social assistance, labor committee, a hygiene department and a government of machinery. ... Near the end of the war with Russian soldiers coming to the rescue the Naz...

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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). ... For example, Hitler aspired to conquer Eastern Europe and Russia, hoping to prove the racial superiority of the Aryans over the Slavs and to provide enough plunder and "living space" to overcome economic difficulty at home (RoSo, 2002). ... He advocated "true democracy" through state ownership of key economy sectors, strict adherence t...

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This rejected Economic Freedom, Private Property, Self-Interest and as well as Competition since the state controlled the economy--since it is in Stalin's plan to have a command economy or a system in which the government makes all the decisions involving the economy of the nation-state. ... 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 increase, which is 20% per year. ... He was also able to industrialize Russia in a short span of time. ...

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Hitler and the young Nazi party tried to take over the government during this period. ... By pretending to try and make Germany well again, the act enabled the government to pass any law that they wished. ... (Rogasky 22) This meant that if a person was rebelling against the government, they could be imprisoned. ... In the Auschwitz concentration camp in the summer of 1941, 250 hospital patients and 600 Russian prisoners of war were forced into a sealed room and killed with a poison gas called Zyklon B. ...

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However, it was not only Germany, for the rest of Europe, recognising the growing threat of Germany and its aggressive foreign policy also began to take steps towards militarising their countries, the British budget for armaments more than doubled in the years running up to the war despite their championing of appeasement, and, one of the main incentives for Russia in the Nazi-soviet pact was that it would afford her time to reorganise her military. ... Consequently, on the first sign of a problem the new democratic government of Germany hit serious difficulties. ...

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And yet still others claim that it was the weak democratic government of the Weimar Republic or Germany's social and economic scene in the 1930's that made the people restless and ready for a dictator to come to power. ... To be communist during this period, however, meant that one had to identify with Russia and the radical working class who were striking throughout Stevens 5 Germany and, in the eyes of most Germans, causing even greater chaos. ...

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In 1942 the New York Times reports that the Nazis have machine gunned over 100,000 Jews in Baltic States, 100,000 in Poland and twice as many in Russia. ... Many letters were written and there was a lot of pressure to help but soon after the people found out the real reason why the government did not want to help: they did not want to take in any Jews. The government hid this information from the public, making them Nazi helpers. ...

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