They began to speed up Communist takeover by launching violent strikes. Anti-communists in these countries quickly began to vote for other parties, leading to the decline of their influence. As the communist influence decreased, the economies rose. ...
They were surrounded, and the communists took Nicholas and his family by force. ... The Communists watched over them day by day. Finally, the Communists came and told them they would be leaving or so they thought. ... Czar Nicholas did not listen to his country, and as a result, he was crushed, and the Communists took over and turned Russia into a communist country. ...
Although the U.S. was staying neutral, they had done many things to help the allied powers and diminish the possible communist takeover being sought by the axis powers. The three communist leaders were Benitto Mussolini, dictator of Italy, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, and Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union. ...
THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM There was an anti communist hysteria in post war Europe following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. ... The threat of communism gained the fiercely anti communist Fascist parties a lot of powerful allies including the Catholic Church and the rich Industrialist. ... The Fascists emerged as a bulwark to communism and in Italy Mussolini's Blackshirts broke up Communist strikes and in1933 Hitler used the threat of communism to pass his Enabling act. ... Communist strikes e.g. ...
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. Communists were a borderline group just as the Jews. Neither of these groups "democrats and communists "appealed to most Germans. ... Fearful of the communist worker riots exploding all over Germany and anxious to rebuild from the economic disaster of the 1930's, capitalists saw Hitler as one politician who would not hold up business. ...
Communist and extreme-left parties also began to pick up votes. ... Clashes between the communists and Social Democrats with the Nazis became more commonplace. ... He was anti-communist but not entirely anti-capitalist because if he had gone "anti-business- he would not have had the essential support of big business. ... In the 1932 elections, the majority of people had voted for either the communists or the Nazis. ...
This upset many of the communists and socialists and in January 1919, many were rounded up and murdered in Berlin and Munich by German soldiers. ... Hitler gained even more support as membership increased to hundreds and eventually thousands of communist people. ...
German people had lost all hope in the Weimar republic, and started looking for a radical change, brought forth party radical parties the communists and the nazis. ... The middle class resented the loss of income, savings and security as a result of the collapse of the economy, they were also attracted by Hitler's ant-communist views. ...
Nationalism was one of the main cause of the Vietnam war because The United States initially entered the Vietnam War to aid the French but it was nationalism that caused the both the Communist North and American's to continue the war. I think the most important causes are the divide between the capitalists and communists. ...
Joseph Stalin was one of the most infamous leaders of all time. His cruel policies got the attention and fear of the entire world. Stalin was one of the first totalitarian rulers. He had the power to control every aspect of life in the Soviet Union, and he took advantage of it. He obviously did ...
During his terms he mounted a major campaign to overthrow the Sandinistas, the communist party which ran Nicaragua, sent military equipment to Muslim guerrillas fighting the Communist government of Afghanistan, and joined with South Africa in aiding guerrillas fighting the Marxist government of Angola. ...
Russia neither gained nor received from this treaty because of their communist government and economic turmoil, they were not invited to the Paris Peace Conference or to join the League of Nations. ... The population was very unhappy and the communist government was trying to retake control of the land. ...
Hitler recovered from his injuries and joined a militia of veteran soldiers put in charge of keeping communist groups in check. ... The group was mainly the same as other communist groups around at the time but with an overhaul of anti-semitism. ...
At first, confronted with domestic crisis, FDR concentrated on reforms at home. We talked about these in the preceding conference. Nevertheless, FDR, in his first inaugural address did lay out some general principles by which he would engage in foreign policy. With reference to the Western Hemis...
Neutrality to war When World War 1 broke out in 1914, the United States attempted to remain neutral and was a strong advocate the neutral rights of nations. The U.S. liked to believe that the war was strictly a European conflict, but they would soon understand that they were inadvertently part of...
Critical Analysis of Ernest Hemingway "He [Ernest Hemingway] wrote only about things he had experienced, mostly outdoors, as a doctor's son in northern Michigan and as a self-possessed young tramp in Europe" (Time Magazine). The experience I've had with Ernest Hemingway's writing is almost paral...
The rise of the Nazi Party and its leader, Adolf Hitler, during the 1920s was no coincidence. The world, especially Germany, was ripe for dictatorship following the Great War. The Treaty of Versailles crippled Germany and laid the foundation for another World War. Germany, ravaged by war, was fac...
At the end of World War II the effects were everywhere. It affected every country, and every family in some way or form. Ukraine is one of the countries who had suffered the most from the war and the consequences of it. From the ruling of the Germans (1941–1944) and the Soviets (1922- 1941, 1944 -...
"The Weimar Republic doomed to fail."" Discuss. The Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933) was short lived. The danger of hindsight is to see that it was inevitable whereas success could have been a justifiable possibility. In this essay, the reasons why the Weimar Republic collapsed will be examined and ...
In twentieth century Europe a lot of peace treaties were signed, such as treaty of Sten Stefanov, treaty of Versailes, and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. However, the treaty of Brest-Litovsk had huge consequences upon Russia and very important results since Vienna Connvention treaty. Duri...
Hitler turned to still wealthy and powerful German industrialists for money to fund his rallies and campaigns and in return promised a disciplined work force ( trade unions would be abolished) and protection against communists. ... It has always been thought that the fire was deliberately burnt by the Nazi party, but Hitler blamed the communists. ...
Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ...
