To restore them to "greatness".
They both died and became pussys
Hitler and Mussolini were both thugs, who appealed to the most barbaric and uncivilized elements of their respective nations.
After World War 1, Hitler and Mussolini both seperatly pulled together forces in their respective countries. They were able to do this because the majority of the population was dissolusioned by the war.
Both were fascist dictators. Italy and Germany were both very heavily armed countries, due to their rulers' ambitions. Both rulers died in 1945, in WWII, a conflict that they were part of. Both looked to have an overseas Empire, possibly in Africa or Russia. Both hated communism.
he was captured by the Allies and hung upside down along with his Mistress in the town square.
Both Hitler and Mussolini's downfalls were from the loss of World War 2. Stalin had no downfall. He died while still in power in 1953.
Yes. They were leaders of countries that fought in WW2. They personally did not carry a gun in battle in WW2. But both fought as soldiers in WW1.
They were both related to their decline and fall from power .
Fascism was political philosophy popular in the 1920s and 30s. Italy under Benito Mussolini and Spain under Francisco Franco were both fascist nations. There were many other countries with fascist governments and/or leaders, some were elected, some took power, but these two were the most famous. For ease of understanding Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler is often called a fascist nation, but it really was not, Nazism was its own brand of government.
They signed a treaty together with Japan, becoming allied together as the Axis Powers, because they all felt like they got a bad deal following the result of World War I. Mussolini had created a totalitarian government in Italy. He saw Hitler as the idea totalitarian leader. Hitler saw Mussolini as a possibly useful puppet. Before long, Hitler saw Mussolini as completely useless, even as a puppet, and went out of his way to humiliate Mussolini. Mussolini's government collapsed in 1943, and Italy joined the Allies.
They both died before WW2 ended.
Truth is, there aren't that many similarities at all. * Both were veterans of the First World War * Both were wounded in the First World War * Both served as Heads of State in their respective nations. * Both earned power legally, without force. * Both utilized paramilitary forces before power and during their regimes. (Hitler had the Brownshirts, Mussolini had the Blackshirts). * Both were shorter than the average man, though Mussolini was by far more muscular than Hitler. * Both were extraordinary speakers * Both enjoyed appearing in military uniforms. These are some of the similarities, but it should be stressed that, despite these, Hitler and Mussolini were very different men. To be told, while Hitler looked up to Mussolini for the majority of his early political career, Mussolini did not share the same feelings for Hitler. In fact, the first words Mussolini said after meeting Hitler for the first time were; "I don't like him, he looks like a weasel"