WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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They all tried to create communist-style economic systems.
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They were all democratically elected by their people.
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They all established a totalitarian form of government.
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They all made human rights a top priority of their governments.
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Detailed explanation-1: -System of terror, using such instruments as violence and secret police. Monopoly on weapons. Monopoly on the means of communication. Central direction and control of the economy through state planning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dictators usually resort to force or fraud to gain despotic political power, which they maintain through the use of intimidation, terror, and the suppression of basic civil liberties. They may also employ techniques of mass propaganda in order to sustain their public support.
Detailed explanation-3: -Notable examples of totalitarian states include Italy under Benito Mussolini (1922–43), the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin (1924–53), Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler (1933–45), the People’s Republic of China under the influence of Mao Zedong (1949–76), and North Korea under the Kim dynasty (1948– ).