WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He began building his totalitarian state by destroying his real and imagined enemies. They controlled riots and monitored telephones lines, read mail, and planted informers everywhere.-A campaign of terror was started under the name of Great Purge directed at eliminating anyone who threatened his power.

Detailed explanation-2: -The “totalitarian model” was first outlined in the 1950s by political scientist Carl Joachim Friedrich, who posited that the Soviet Union and other Communist states were totalitarian systems, with the personality cult and almost unlimited powers of the “great leader” such as Stalin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The characteristics of totalitarianism include: total single-party rule, glorified leadership, collective mobilization against enemies, widespread terror, state-controlled communication, attempts to change society, and a controlled economy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four main totalitarian countries during World War II were Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union. The first three were fascist dictatorships, and the fourth was a communist dictatorship. Interestingly, the Soviet Union allied with democratic countries in order to defeat Germany during World War II.

Detailed explanation-5: -As of early 2022, the countries of Afghanistan, Eritrea, North Korea, and Turkmenistan are the only nations in the world whose governments are generally considered to be totalitarian dictatorships.