The Rise of Social Movements in WW2

World War One is not often seen to most people as a battle between democracy and autocracy. Nonetheless, the war indeed was an ideological struggle in numerous respects. Take for example that while the original allied forces contained Tsarist Russia, Britain & France , the allies would later be split with the loss of Tsarist Russia to the Bolsheviks and t

So, why did Mussolini become so unpopular? Personally, I think the man just tried way too hard. No one likes an over-achiever and Mussolini tried to make himself look like super man. Mussolini had faked pictures of himself driving racecars, flying airplanes, playing musical instruments, winning intellectual games, and so forth and so forth. This is quite funny because in comparison, you see the exact identical means of propaganda spring up around Hitler and Stalin. Hitler would only have his picture taken in uniform while being flanked by disciplined members of the party and Stalin would copy Mussolini as far as giving off the impression of being a super-hero.

The wages of the majority of Italians raised slower then the cost of living creating a self-made depression by the time the 1930’s came around. The effort to make Italy self-sufficient failed and the blame fell directly on Mussolini due to his association with this “battle” and his personal efforts to boost and promote it.

he inclusion of the USA on the front. This new band of allies would now be an alliance sandwiched between a collection of countries devoted to liberal & democratic ideals against countries that were based around nationalism and military autocracy (The Axis). Yet, while the allies shared ideals, they were defectively democratic as well. While Britain and France were constantly in quest of expanding their empires at the cost of their adversaries, the United States was not in the war for Empirical gains. The European allies were odd with democracy, offering some liberties but not others. Some liberties were not even introduced until after the war such as all women being able to vote in Britain; or in France the discontinuation of the constant persecution of pacifists. Still, despite all the democratic differences, there were still numerous differences between the allied coalition and the Axis. One difference was the remobilization of the French and British people to war by using democratic ideals to rally support for the war. Meanwhile, in Germany the support of the people for the ruling regime crumbled. Also, democratic leaders with democratic ideals ruled Britain, France, and the USA while Germany and Italy were led by military dictatorships that placed the constitutional leaders in the sidelines. At whatever time there was an allied victory in WWI, that particular area of Europe would become an annex to Liberal Democracy in Europe. At whatever time the Germans had a victory it would lead to any democratic ideals to be snuffed out.

However, he also made several changes and implemented several policies that were actually very popular which led to his rise of regard in the 1920’s. For example, he labeled the crisis within the Italian economy a “battle” and used these “battles” to implement schemes to make Italy self-sufficient. For example, the battle for agriculture and food production was the “Battle for Wheat” and the “Battle for Land” while the policy to increase the population was the “Battle for Births”. Using this flair for common effort and nationalism he began several plots to increase Italy’s self-sufficiency and have it rely less on the rest of Europe. Italy wanted nothing to do with its bordering nations after World War One and to due this it needed to be self-sufficient. Oddly enough however they promoted a cross-border idea of internationalism based on race and ideology instead of citizenship. This idea can be echoed in the ideology of Communism though not based on race but solely on ideology .

So how did Germany recover from hyperinflation and beyond? Germany elected a new Chancellor who would bring hyperinflation under control and he was viewed as a much better leader then Hitler was. He also addressed many of the problems that faced Germany following World War One .

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