... Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler rose to power in their respective countries and brought about great change during their ensuing reigns. While both men are notoriously known as two of the most evil men in history, it is obvious that they accomplished great things for their countries. Following Lenin and Trotsky's revolution and reign in Russia, Stalin ... country in record time. This massive growth allowed for the USSR to gain respect and credibility from the West, which was one of Stalin's most important underlying motives. However, despite this massive success, Russia was already in a dec...

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... to accept defeat on home grounds. Many historians strongly believe that the reason for Germanys attack on Stalingrad was because of its name, Hitler hated Joseph Stalin who was Russia's current leader. Another reason that could of caused the Battle of Stalingrad was Hitlers idea of Case Blue later renamed Operation Braunschweig. ... was what many historians would argue to be the start of the holocaust, and as many of Russia's jews were taken from their home. Stalin was enraged by Hitlers act and knew that Russia would stop at nothing to protect its city and citizens. The events of Stalin...

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... , famous for her attempts to understand totalitarian regimes. Raised in Konigsberg, Germany, she observed first-hand the emergence and the effects of two totalitarian states: Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany, and Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union. Nothing is more characteristic of the totalitarian movements in general and of the quality of fame of their leaders in particular that the startling swiftness with which they ... . Arendt observed that totalitarian regimes take form or are born of an ideology, often associated with racist, as in the case of Nazi anti-Semitism, or classist struggles, as i...

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... , Hegel, Nietzche and even Plato, in his Republic (Segre, 2002). Political theorists, historians and writers all contributed in the 18th and 19th century to the development of European fascist thought. Joseph de Maistre despised the Enlightenment for taking power away from religion and traditional elites, just as Hippolyte Taine condemned the rise to power of the masses, whom he suggested were ... virtues, and he successfully took power on his October 28th, 1922 "March on Rome" (RoSo, 2002). The interpretation of fascism of totalitarianism came from comparisons to communism. Both Hitler ...

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