ExamplesofDictators

=Some Dictators during the Totalitarianism Were...=
 * ===Adolf Hitler===
 * ===Benito Mussolini===
 * ===Joseph Stalin===
 * ===Hideki Tojo===

Adolf Hitler

 * Founder and leader of the Nazi Party
 * Adolf Hitler ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945
 * He called himself the Leader
 * Hitler believed that Germans were born to rule over other people. This led to World War II.
 * Believed that there was no place in society for Jewish people. This idea led to the Holocaust, when millions of Jews were killed.



Benito Mussolini

 * Was the prime minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943, Benito Mussolini hoped to lead his country to greatness.
 * He was the founder of fascism, a form of government in which the nation as a whole is considered to be more important than individuals
 * Mussolini made Italy into a dictatorship and allowed no one to question his power.
 * Known as //Il Duce// (The Leader)



Joseph Stalin

 * One of the most ruthless dictators of modern times (1879–1953)
 * Transformed the Soviet Union into a major world power. The victims of his campaigns of political terror included some of his followers
 * His real name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.


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Hideki Tojo
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 * In the 1930s Hideki Tojo fought in the Sino-Japanese war, leading Japanese forces in occupied Manchuria.
 * He returned to Tokyo in 1940 and held ministerial posts, where he urged an alliance with Germany and Italy against the Allied forces.
 * Tojo became Prime Minister in 1941 and within two months ordered a surprise attack on U.S. naval forces in Hawaii
 * As Prime Minister, he was directly responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, which led to the war between Japan and the United States
 * Tojo served as the political and military leader of Japan until 1944, when it was clear the direction of the war had changed. After the war the Allies found Tojo guilty of war crimes and hanged him

http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/history/totalitarianism.htm
http://kids.britannica.com/elementary/article-353254/Adolf-Hitler