... ready for his already increasing power in Europe and he still wanted more territory and militia. His armies were in the millions and he already had Germany. Everybody wanted Poland because this would be the key to launching an attack on Russia if they got to power hungry. Not one person or country ... Union. Stalin had asked for other land, such as South Sakhalin Island, the Kuriles and Outer Mongolia. They asked for 20 billion dollars in reparations from Germany and 3 seats on the United Nations. The United States was offended at the fact that the Soviet Union would not hold free electio...

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... government in which the state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of its citizens" (Bartleby). One person or an elite few who share similar views are usually in charge of the state and impose their totalitarian views upon the citizens. Throughout history, we have been aware of the presence of totalitarian states such as: Nazi Germany ... reading George Orwell's 1984, one realizes that many of the aforementioned characteristics are present in the novel and therefore the society and government is totalitarian. Most totalitarian nations have been under the cont...

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... into being for many reasons: class struggle, nationalism, and a need for a better way of life. However the biggest reason that totalitarian government came into play was because of the Great Depression. Three nations in particular were able to model this take over by using the lower classes ... taking over factories. And with the pope lifting the ban on Catholics, there were an increasing number of different opposing factions in government making an already unstable government worse. Mussolini, a nationalist and fascist, steps in asking for a greater sense of nationalism. He helps this i...

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... government in which the state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of its citizens" (Bartleby). One person or an elite few who share similar views are usually in charge of the state and impose their totalitarian views upon the citizens. Throughout history, we have been aware of the presence of totalitarian states such as: Nazi Germany ... reading George Orwell's 1984, one realizes that many of the aforementioned characteristics are present in the novel and therefore the society and government is totalitarian. Most totalitarian nations have been under the cont...

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... War II would end. The main purpose of Yalta was the reestablishment of the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany. They gave Poland back its independence and gave its own national election in order to create a new, independent government. Yugoslavia was given its own government as well, which consisted of mostly old members under a new system. In both cases, Nazi and Fascist leaders ... were specifically prohibited. Secondly, the Yalta Conference agreed to divide Germany into zones controlled by each of the three nations present. With the immense size ... of Stalin's army, Russia w...

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... government in which the state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of its citizens" (Bartleby). One person or an elite few who share similar views are usually in charge of the state and impose their totalitarian views upon the citizens. Throughout history, we have been aware of the presence of totalitarian states such as: Nazi Germany ... reading George Orwell's 1984, one realizes that many of the aforementioned characteristics are present in the novel and therefore the society and government is totalitarian. Most totalitarian nations have been under the cont...

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... that provoked the war to continue. The war began, continued, and ended with the prominent leaders of the Axis and Allies. On the Axis side was Germany, Italy, and Japan. The Allies were Great Britain, Soviet Union, and The United States. Such leaders of the nations were Charles de Gaulle, Churchill, Stalin ... he was rebellious and was constantly in trouble (12). Later when Hitler joined the army, Stalin was focused on politics and getting involved in the government (13). As mentioned previously, both leaders spent time in jail. The only difference was the cause for imprisonment. Hitler...

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... War. When Europe was thrown into World War I in 1914, Tsar Nicholas II joined with the allies and declared war on Germany. After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 the new communist Soviet Union no longer had a struggle among imperialists, they then signed a separate peace with ... on not trusting the Soviets. Other tensions were raised in World War II, for example when the Red Army was struggling with the Nazi armies of Germany, Stalin told his Allies in the West to open up a new front to take the heat off the Red Army and the United States and Great ... During the last thirty years our...

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... an ally to survive. He turned to Britain for help but was denied so he then turned to Germany. Germany agreed and they signed a non-aggression pact. With the agreement, Russia and Germany would attack Poland. On September 1st Soviets attacked Poland from the east and Germany attacked from the west of Poland. With the conquer of Poland Hitler decided to go after his ... D. Roosevelt considers the fate of Poland along with other matters. While there they agreed that the Soviet Union should have influence in Eastern Europe, Poland should have its own government and Germany should be divide...

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... German Workers" Party, also referred to as the Nazis. Hitler's ability to gain power, and his ability to persuade the masses, caused him to take control of Germany. Before this group gained power, Germany was suffering from the Great Depression, especially because of problems such as inflation and unemployment. Also, numerous conservatives were worried about a Communist takeover, because, by 1930, ... the Communists polled more than six million votes. However, the timing was perfect for Hitler, because he promised Germany that his party would resolve the economic crisis. After the Nazi ...

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... pumping out more tanks and planes than any other country in the world. This was due to executive order 8802, which gave government jobs to African-Americans. Also, the U.S. broke many of Germany's and Japan' codes, and few of America's codes were due to code talkers who were Navaho Indians. Franklin D. Roosevelt ... United States after those two words. Roosevelt's main goal for the war was for, "the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live."" This was challenged quickly by the tow so-called of what would be France again, de Gaulle and Giraud. ... ...

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... most powerful dictatorships ever. He went to the point where his rule became more than a dictatorship and turned to totalitarianism. This is where a government exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life. He achieved this by terror and forcefulness. He forced people to follow the concept of an ... large farm to increase the efficiency of the farm. These farms were run under the supervision of the government. Peasants were quickly angered by the new system of collective farms and rebelled against the government. The complaints from the peasants were ignored and the...

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Adolf Hitler did no want to only defeat Russia but destroy her altogether. He would eliminate the government, culture, kill and punish the people, and destroy everything in his path. Hitler hated Communist and Slavic people, which he wrote about ... spit up Poland equally between the two powers that's what the pact was for. Nine days after Hitler attacked Poland England and France declared war on Germany. Hitler was going to go after them and make sure they would pose no threat on his country, but Stalin attacked Finland, which enraged Hitler. ... greatly in the war. Stalin was shocked. He was...

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... that they needed to retaliate. However, Stalin's actions can be justified in two ways. Firstly, for three years, Russia fought the war against Germany alone and unaided from the west. This resulted in the death of 26 million Russians and they felt mistrust and anger towards the West. Stalin ... and therefore, felt the need for allies in Eastern Europe as a matter of security and not for political expansion because twice in twenty years, Germany had attacked them through the Polish corridor. Secondly, the large numbers of casualties and loss of land and other resources made the Russians b...

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... would be taken over and made more efficient and better ran. Each year you would have to hand over a certain amount of grain to the government which you would eventually get paid for. Those who rebelled against this was killed or sent to labor camps in Siberia. By improving machinery and agriculture ... Five Year Plan was that everyone in USSR was employed. Although Stalin was extremely harsh, after the three Five Year Plans were complete USSR's industry challenged Germany's and improved by four hundred percent. Stalin showed USSR's true power, influence, and ability to come over adversity...

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... that the allies would not fight for the land that was Germanys capitol during the war. Stalin feared that the Western Germany would gain too much power; therefore he made a blockade too all roads and railways entering the former capitol of Germany. Though the Americans could still fly goods in by air, many problems stilled occurred in this process. Many problems during ... in a part of the war. Another big aspect of the Soviets hostility towards the Americans would be the fact that Stalin's government was hardly even recognized until 1933. Even though Stalin had started his government i...

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... . The arguments between the East and the West began almost immediately. A major rivalry between non-communist and communist nations had officially begun to start the Cold War. After the war, Germany was divided into four zones of occupation by the United States, Britain, France, and the USSR. Stalin refused to allow freely elected governments to exist in the Eastern European countries ... any of the governments set up by Stalin if they were not established by the citizens' free will. The countries that were being controlled by the Soviet Union were East Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungar...

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... time for Stalin to concentrate on agriculture. His idea was to collectivize all the farms so that they could produce more and be owned by the government. People would not be able to own their own farms or sell their own goods and in 1929 this begane. The farmers that worked on these ... farms had to hand over a certian amount of the produce no matter what to the government. With all the farms collectivized the fields could be plowed more effiencantly and more could produce much more crops. Collectivization had turned Russias agriculture into new ... sighned to give Russia time to build ...

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... can be drawn between the IngSoc party and between governments of both the past and present. It is no coincidence that 1984 was written when Joseph Stalin's Socialist government was at its peak. The government in 1984, IngSoc, stands for English Socialism while the giant posters of Big Brother are very similar to those of Stalin. Socialism is a society in which equality ... this war is always shown on giant propaganda television screens. In 1984 IngSoc is able to control the people of Oceania through the widespread use of propaganda. The Nazis of Germany and the Fascists of Italy were pr...

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... the Russian Revolution. The animals and the events in George Orwell's novel parallel the characters and incidents of the Russian Revolution. Orwell laments that the 1917 Russian Revolution resulted in a government more totalitarian and oppressive than the one it overthrew. Manor Farm represents Russia, and Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon represent the prominent figures of the Russian Revolution namely Marx/ Lenin ... now assumed the name Stalin which is the Russian word for "steel" combined with "Lenin". In 1917, the Russian Revolution took place. This was when the government led by t...

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... in Tiflis and wrote for the Caucasian Workers' Newssheet. Stalin expressed himself in his articles in a very outspoken, opinionated way - which gained him attention. He helped to organize robberies of government transports in Georgia to provide the Bolsheviks with money. In 1907, he began to exploit workers in the oil industry so that they would provide the Bolsheviks with support. He ... labor camps. Stalin along with the support of the secret police, gained dictatorship over all that opposed him. Stalin and the Russian people feared the world around them. Japan and Germany were at war...

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... dream of an egalitarian classless society is one we should still strive for. History has taught unequivocally that Marx was simply mistaken. It was not the most capitalist countries (Britain, Germany, the US) that became socialist by revolution but Russia, which was less advanced. The regimes of Lenin and Stalin made it clear that a "classless society" is not the result of ... to recognise the autonomy of the individual and the right of the individual to private property; this can only lead to resentment amongst the general population. Marxist socialism requires a strong government; an ...

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... ; Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met to discuss issues focusing on military matters in Europe. One of the main outcomes was the commitment to the opening of a second front against Nazi Germany by the Western Allies. This second front was important for Stalin, as it would help to take the pressure off the Russians on the Eastern Front. There was a belief that ... where power became dependent upon the ability to outspend each other. The development of various bombs particularly the B52 bomber produced by the US, required massive financial backing from the government. Russia also concentra...

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... confessed to solemn crimes and were immediately executed or sent to prison. eventually Stalin began trading with non-communist countries of western Europe, although he continued to be hostile to Germany. Then in 1939 he shockingly signed a non-aggresion pact with Hitler. Not long afterwards Hitler broke the agreement and attacked Russia. This takes us up to the time of the ... forget the evil dogs of Napoleon who inspire the role as the secret police of Joseph Stalin. The Farm of course is Russia with its poor conditions and no good government. "Animal Farm" is a great example of "Polit...

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... containment that subsequent U.S foreign policy, and thus, the Marshall Plan was based. Additionally, by 1946 there is a great fear on the part of the Americans that hunger and poverty pervading Germany would indicate to Western Europeans that capitalism had failed, and would thus drive them into the arms of a communist Soviet Union. Out of dread for such a future, the American ... government and the newly formed CIA intervened in the free elections that they so often encouraged. One such example is in the Italian elections of 1948. This example only serves to ... ...

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