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Fascism in Italy and Germany
Fascism, (in Italian Fascismo) refers to the political movement which ruled Italy in 1922-1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... In Italy fascism combined elements of corporatism, totalitarianism, nationalism and anti-communism. ... As a result, freedom of assembly and thinking were wiped out in Italy. ... "
The Rise of Fascism in Italy
The Italian government faced with many problems after the First World War. ... According to the Treaty of London, Italy was promised Trentino, Trieste, Southern Tyrol, Istria, Dalmatia, the coastal districts of Albania, a share in the division of the Ottoman Empire and of the German colonies in Africa. ... Italy was given Trentino, Trieste, Tyrol and Istria, but was not given any former German colonies nor any land in Asia Minor, Albania and Dalmatia. ... The second problem that Italy was facing after the war was general economic distress.
Italy was a poor nation. ... The problem of unemployment was aggravated by the return of millions of ex-soldiers to Italy and a new immigration law of the U. ... The Papacy was granted sovereignty over the Vatican City and guaranteed the free exercise of Catholicism as the sole state religion throughout Italy in acceptance of Italian sovereignty over the Pope’s dominions. ... Italy remained a poor and backward country. It is no wonder that Italy met with defeats in the Second World War and Mussolinis regime was overthrown by the Italian people in the midst of the war.
The Rise of Fascism in Germany
The Nazi Party was one of the many right-wing parties formed by the die-hard reactionaries who supported the Kaisers rule but hated the democratic Republic. ... It had a newspaper through which Hitler fiercely denounced the Treaty of Versailles and the socialists who had, he believed, delivered a stab in the back to Germany by making strikes in 1918. ... But Germany was defeated in the First World War. ... He said that he would expel the Jews from Germany so that they would not pollute the German blood by intermarriage. ... They would also try to make Germany economically self-sufficient. ...
Why Fascism Became Popular in Germany
Faced with many economic problems, the Germans lost any faith they might have in the democratic Republic. ... There was a lack of democratic tradition in Germany; like the Italian government, the Weimar Republic was not respected nor trusted by the German people. ... Many influential businessmen and landlords became alarmed at the spectre of a Bolshevik Revolution in Germany. ...
Von Papen, who had just joined the Nationalist Party, wanted to utilize the strength of the Nazis to rid Germany of the Communist threat. ... Hindenburg, despite his contempt for Hitler, readily agreed to the bargain because the Nazis appeared to be the only well-supported right-wing party which could protect Germany from the onslaught of the Communist Revolution. ... Italian fascism did not have such a high regard for the peasants
3) Fascism in Italy led to the creation of the corporate state but Nazism only led to government control over economic life
4) Italian fascism was an opportunistic ideology.
Approximate Word count = 2568
Approximate Pages = 10.3
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