Essays On Fascism

Nationalism emerged from the perception of “feeling and “identity” and that a “nation” be based on the people rather than a dynasty or God. It was one of the most successful political engines in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Both “identity nationalism” and “liberal nationalism” were spawned from the middle-classes. Liberal nationalism tends to focus […]

In this essay, I am going to be discussing and comparing the differences and similarities of three major dictators in Europe in the 1930s that had major influences in the events leading up to World War II. These were Joseph Stalin (dictator of former USSR), Benito Mussolini (dictator of Italy) and Adolph Hitler (dictator of […]

Mussolini’s appointment as Prime Minister was a combination of long, medium and short-term factors. The exaggerated ‘March on Rome’ was arguably the sufficient factor in Mussolini’s appointment. However prior to that, other events had contributed Mussolini’s cause. One of them was the effect of World War one.The impact of World War One was a medium […]

Having been commissioned by Mr Alderson to make some sort of attempt to give the magazine a somewhat left wing feel, I’ve decided to write about a topic to which the majority of readers know something about and can thus relate to it. But then I decided against it…Living in 21st century Western Europe, in […]

From the year1924 to 1939 Mussolini when from Italy’s greatest leader who was strong and determined to a leader who was unsure and dived about and was under the influences of Nazi Germany. The cause of this is divided between Mussolini’s failure to listen to his people and make decisions that were in the best […]

To succeed in securing his power within Italy, Mussolini had to transform Italian society and instil fascist ideas within it. As Mussolini’s son-in-law remarked, ‘the revolution must impinge upon the habits of Italians’ in order to be successful. Mussolini targeted the youth, hoping that his education and youth policies would entrench fascist ideals in the […]

Fascist Economic failure can be seen from Mussolini’s entry to power in 1922 as the economy was in a dire state and to rectify the situation would have been problematic. Italy had very few raw materials; also it was divided culturally, between the modernising North and the backward South. Mussolini aimed to create autarky in […]

The Fascist regime in Italy has been widely criticised as being low on definite principles and instead concerned with behaviour and attitudes of mind. Historians like Tannenbaum have described the system as ‘in some ways the reign of journalists’.1 At the head of these propagandists was Benito Mussolini, an already accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and […]

Fascism is known as an ideology. The routes of fascism are from the ancient times of Sparta. Fascism spread in WW1 in country’s like, Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan. Fascism relies on brute force; aggression, bloodshed, violence and the spreading of terror through secret police paralysing people with fear. Fascism even goes as far to […]

‘The Silver Sword’ is about a Polish family separated during the Second World War and trying to find each other again when the war is over. a simple enough story,. This is a fictionalised but apparently based on fact story suitable for upper primary students. The story opens with Joseph Balicki, the father, escaping from […]

Italy had emerged from World War I in a poor and weakened condition. An unpopular and costly conflict had been borne by an underdeveloped country. Post-war there was inflation, massive debts and an extended depression. By 1920 the economy was in a massive convulsion – mass unemployment, food shortages, strikes, etc. Contents [hide] 1 Fascist […]

In this essay I will discuss whether Mussolini’s cult of personality was what enabled him to consolidate his power. Mussolini’s aim was to have a personal dictatorship and he used propaganda and his cult of personality to create this. However along with this he also used many other things like the winning over of many […]

“Pizza on Credit”: An Analysis Italy has always been perceived as a land of beauty. From its ancient architecture, to the abundance of timeless artwork, to the picturesque landscapes that appear to be almost unreal; the beauty of this country has been associated as a part of the life and culture for centuries. Even though […]

History of Europe from 1914 to 1945 The history of Europe between years 1914 and 1945 encompasses the unforgivable events of World War I and World War II. To explore history of Europe between these two events, where Germany played the main role, it is necessary to reveal the major incentives which preceded them, while […]

Albert Speer started off as a young boy from a well to do home in Germany. He had loving and caring parents that cared for him and his brothers, attended school and was considered intelligent but had little knowledge about politics as a child. His educational and political ambitions conflicted with those of his father. […]

Between the years 1923 – 43, Benito Mussolini tried to create an international prestige to rival that of the historical image set by the grand Roman Empire. He introduced many policies and waged many wars over the years, to achieve this goal but inevitably Italy of the 20th Century could not compete with its former […]

I am going to look at both sources A and B, to see to what extent B supports A. Shortly after the Second World War, Rudolf Diels, the head of the political police, wrote Source A and Source B is a quote from Marinus Van der Lubbe’s confession. He confessed that he alone started the […]

The Munich Putsch (arms revolt or coup) was an attempt to overthrow the government by Hitler and the Nazis. Hitler’s aim was to take control (advantage) of the social and political problems that were troubling Germany at that time, then march on to Berlin to set up a dictatorship. The Bavarian leader – Gustav Von […]

There are mainly three methods used by the Nazi’s in keeping control and nazifying Germany, these were Education, Propaganda and terror. All three were used to control the German people and to keep them doing what the Nazi’s wanted. The first of the three education, In my opinion is defiantly one of the more important […]

Nazism was established in Germany between 1933 and 1939 into a form of totalitarianism. A one ruling party in such a regime practices monopoly of mass communications, legislation power, a centrally controlled economy, a control of armament, secret police apparatus, and racial superiority concepts and racism. I want to investigate to what extend and with […]

When Hitler became Chancellor on 30 January 1933, many problems stood in front of his ambition to assume total power. Firstly, he relied on his coalition allies. In the beginning, Hitler headed a coalition government in which only three of the twelve Cabinet ministers were Nazis (Hitler, Goering and Frick). This number had to be […]

Fascism is known to be the “philosophy of government that stresses the primacy and glory of the state, unquestioning obedience to its leader, subordination of the individual will to the state’s authority, and harsh suppression of dissent. ” As William Golding’s Lord of the Flies unravels into an ongoing story about leaders and power, the […]