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 * //__Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo and other Fascist cronies. By Jessi, Sophie and Brianna__//**

All three fascist dictators focused on expanding their country and military once in power. Hitler made treaties and agreements and quickly invaded and took over the following countries: Poland, Danzig, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, France (partial), Monaco, Yugoslavia and Greece (with the help of Italy), Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Japan, tired of being a small country, took over the surrounding islands. Mussolini wanted parts of Africa, particularly Ethiopia, because he wanted the old Roman empire. --



Hitler was a powerful dictator who ruled over Germany for many years. However, he did so constitutionally. He made excellent speeches, rallying the German people and telling them that the communists and the Jews were to blame for their loss in the war and the recession that was gripping their country. The people believed him, and so he was elected to chancellor and appointed to office in January of 1933. Slowly gaining more and more power by way of misleading the people, Hitler used the Reichstag fire to order the arrest of communists. The Reichstag fire was an incident in 1993 in where the Reichstag building, which was the meeting place for the German Government, caught on fire. It is known that Hitler hated communists, and therefore it is speculated that the Nazi party were the ones who started the fire so that Hitler could make it look like the communists were plotting against the government. Another group that was targeted by Hitler was the Jewish people. By controlling every aspect of the lives of his citizens, Hitler spread propaganda and supported ostracism of the Jews. Hitler needed a scapegoat for the problems in Germany and he used the Jews. He blamed them for Germany’s recession because of their majority in jobs like politics, banking, and teaching. But soon laws were passed which declared that Jewish people were no longer citizens, which meant that they no longer had any legal rights. Indoctrination of children started at a young age, teaching them socialist ways and to fear and hate Jews. The Hitler Youth was the organization that replaced al other youth groups. Even ministers were arrested and sent off to Nazi concentration camps along with the Jews if they were caught preaching anything against the Nazis. Hitler and his Nazi party controlled all media and propaganda (i.e. radio, newspaper, books).

Tojo Hideki Throughout most of World War II Tojo Hideki was a general in the Imperal Japanese Army in 1937. Tojo was practically the dictator of Japan. He was the prime minster to order the attack on Pearl Harbor. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentenced Tojo to death by hanging after world war two for war crimes.

Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini was the brutal Facist ruler of Italy from 1922 to 1943 who rose to power after the First World War. He became the youngest Prime Minister of Italy when the weak Italian King was threatened by Musolini. This is what initially turned the government into a Fascist Dictatorship. During his rule, he used fear and the means of propaganda to earn support from the citizens of Italy. He created a socialist group called the blackshirts to instigate fear, much like the dreaded Brown Shirts in Germany. During his rule, he made education mandatory for young children and he solved a major problem between Italy and the Pope in the Lateran Pact. After an Ally victory in WW2, Benito Mussolini fled to Switzerland however he was caught and was executed by Italian partisans on April 28, 1945.

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