... 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. He and his political party, the Nazis, drew popular support. Hitler promised to raise Germany from the rubble and restore its glory. When the Second Great War broke out in 1939, Hitler had fulfilled many of his promises while setting the world on a course ... Nazi Party, they propelled themselves to power under the guide of their charismatic leader, Adolf Hitler (Toland, 132). Hitler made many attractive promise...

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... feeling, such as, the black shirts in Italy and the brown shirts in Germany. Italian fascism, in adopting the old Roman symbol of authority (the fasces), looked back to the days of the Roman Empire, which controlled much of Western Europe. This was a direct attempt to restore the glory days of the Holy Roman Empire. The Italians were anxious to wipe out the shame of Caporetto and to gain the promised lands denied to ... 1934. One element shared by all fascist movements, racialist or not, is the apparent lack of consistent political principle behind the ideology political opportunism in ...

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