Dictatorship

The short version...

How could we stand by and watch the Axis powers defeat Britain. If Britain was taken over, the Axis would gain her navy ships and the RAF.

Therefore: Lend-Lease was "all measures short of war." Also, FDR said that he didn't expect Americans to be "neutral in thought." Eventually, we cut off Japan's sources of oil and they seized the opportunity to attack us at Pearl Harbor. For all intents and purposes, we were all ready at war via military aid to Canada and Britain (and those other nations receiving Lend-Lease supplies).

The position of dictator was created so that in times of emergency when the consuls opposed each other, there would be a person who had more authority than the consuls who could sort out the problem.

Because he needed Stalin to win the war. Stalin was taking on an entire front more brutual than the one all the other countries were working to handle by themselves. Without Stalin, they would have lost.

JuliusCaesardid not overthrow the Republic. When he was assassinated, Rome was still a republic. The dictator was anextraordinaryofferof state which was created under the Republic. He was normally appointed bysenatorialdecree for a period of 6 months to deal with emergencies. The term dictator did not have the same meaning as it has today.

JuliusCaesarhad himself firstappointeddictator in 49 BC to preside over his own election as consul and resigned from the post after 11 days. He then was appointed dictator for one year in 48 BC. Although this was more than the usual 6 months, it was not totally unprecedented.Anotherman, Sulla, had been appointed dictator for one year 34 year earlier. Caesar broke the mould in 47 BC when he had himself appointed dictator for 10 years. In 44 BC he was appointed dictator for life.

JuliusCaesarmanaged to achieve the above through the enormous power heacquiredthrough victories in his civil war against his opponents. In 47 BC the ranks of the senators weredepletedas many of them died in the war. Caesar filled the vacancies with his supporters andincreasedthe size of thesenatefrom 600 to 900. The new 300 senators were also his supporters. Thus he weakened the opposition of the senate, which further helped him toconcentratepower in his hands.

The term dictator is related to the early Roman state [the Republic]. At the time it did not have any negative meaning: it was just the Roman title given to someone who got complete - and temporary - executive powers in times of emergency. The first man ever to formally carry the Roman title 'dictator' was Titus Lartius Flavus, around 500 BC.

The first dictator with the current (negative) meaning of the word was Publius Cornelius Sulla in 212 BC, who used dictatorial powers to do away with his personal enemies; the last one, at least in ancient Rome, was Julius Caesar.

Hitler was a strong and effective ruler. His intentions were to "eliminate" the Jewish race. His plan started of with getting the German "full-bloods" to ignore the Jews or people with Jewish ancestry. People later started creating propaganda to go against the Jews. The last steps of Hitler's plan was called "The Final Solution" which lead to the deaths of millions of Jews. People believed Hitler was right. So you could say he was a strong leader, but i wouldn't say effective because at the time Germany was in World War II and they were losing, and trough all of this chaos, he commited suicide.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Julius Caesar did not declare himself dictator of Rome. The senate declared him dictator according to Roman law.

Joseph Stalin

yes he is! because he monopliated , to gavering eritrea since 1993 by him self and he put all his college and ministers on the prison. he failed economially by leting eritreans people suffering until now

In 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg in a period of tense political intrigues and important economic problems. His

appointment was mainly due to the weaknesses of the existing system, created shortly after the end of the war in 1919, but several other factors had an important role, such as the Great Depression of 1929, Hitler's own political ambition and the appeal of nazi ideology. These factors will be examined in this essay in trying to determine what were the conditions that enabled Hitler to seize power.

The Weimar Republic faced many problems from its offset, the first and the main one being its own structure. The constitution gave the President and ministers too much power, as they were allowed to use Article 48 to overrule decisions made by the parliament. The parliament itself was elected through proportional representation, meaning that factions from several political parties opposed constantly, fighting for power instead of trying to find solution for Germany's problems. This divided the country, as is shown by extreme parties trying to seize power in 1920 with the Spartacist revolt and in 1923 with the Kapp Putsch

In addition, the lack of support for the gvt was a key element in its demise. Many government officials (for example the general von Seeckt) were in favour of a right wing government and wanted to crush the regime to install a more radical one. Many Geerman state who disagreed with the gvt's policies simply ignored them. For example after the Kapp Putsh, 700 rebels were tried for treason but only 1 was jailed. Also, after the Munich Putsh, Hitler was only jailed for 9 months when he faced treason charges. This shows how the judges or occupiers of key posts undermined the regime.

Also, the majority of the German people had felt humiliated by the sanctions imposed on them by the Allies at Versailles. They felt it was undeserved and unjustified. The occupation of the Ruhr in 1923 by France to forcily take the reparation payments did not help this feeling. This led to an inflatory crisis all over Germany until 1924. This certainly helped Hitler and the Nazi party to gain influence as they used the bitterness of the treaty of Versailles to gain supporters.

However, the economic depression of 1929 is one of the main causes of Hitler's rise to power. By 1932, the country was in economic ruin. The currency was worthless: by 1932, it had devaluated by more than 45%. Unemployment rate went up to almost 6% in 1933. Stresemann was appointed Chancellor in 1930 and negotiated the Young and Dawes plan, reducing the reparations payments by more than 150%. The first signs of amelioration were seen in 1932 only, but Hitler used them at his advantage by taking credit for them by saying that his policies had had an immediate impact on the economy.

To these problems, Hitler and the Nazi Party offered immediate solutions: the ban of the Treaty of Versailles, the blame of Germany's situation on Jews and immigrants, and the reelection of a more competent government. Hitler's promises to rebuild the nation and seek revenge against the allies made him widly popular in Germany during the 1930s. He was promising the bulk of the masses exactly what they wanted: the splendor of the old German empire back, as if World War One had never happened.

The Falangist rebels were led by GeneralFranciscoFranco and called themselves Nationalism. By the end of 1936, the Nationalism controlled most of northern Spain.

Dictators are not usually elected. Some leaders are elected or choosen and then they get hungry for power and become a dictator. For example: Italy in 1922 was in very bad shape. They basically asked Mussolini to run their country and get them out of troubles. After a few years, he began to use fear and intimidation to rule the country. The same was true with Hitler; the people saw him as a saviour. So, let history be a lesson as it could repeat itself even here in USA.

The fire in the German Reichstag (the seat of the German parliament) on 27th February 1933 was the event that enabled Hitler to assume power.

He had been named Chancellor of Germany in January of that year, and the Nazi Party used the fire to name communists as the perpetrators.


Hitler convinced the German President, Hindenburg to enact a series of Emergency Decrees, essentially suspending civil liberties in Germany and removing the communists from power in the German parliament.

Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) the leader of China 1949 - 1976, killing between 50 and 70 million more people. More than the amount killed by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin put together.

definitely Mao

Dictators of WW2 A dictator is one who exercises 'absolute power and authority'. Most rulers during WWII exercised at least some dictatorial power. The Axis consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The leaders of those nations were: • Germany: Adolf Hitler. • Italy: Benito Mussolini. • Japan was ruled by a Emperor, whose name was Hirohito. The first two were Dictators, who ruled without question and without control by the courts or the people. They had the power of life and death over their nations. Hirohito was different. He was part of a inherited monarchy. He took over when his Father, the previous Emperor, died. He was like a King, and the country was ruled by him, but with a Parliament and a cabinet that made decisions, which he approved. He was not a Dictator in the true sense of the word. The USSR, part of the Allies, was led by a communist dictator: Joseph Stalin. Here is more input: Stalin was probably the most tyranical of all world rulers. His system outlawed all basic liberties. There was no right to own property in the Soviet system. Religion was supressed. Basic human liberties such as the right of assembly, to petition the government, of press and speech...all were surpressed. The people were regimented such as in no other world society. Minor crimes or even no crime at all was punishable by extensive prison sentences in horrific conditions or even death. In summary, Stalin answered to no one and took little advise. Hitler was a dictator but in his system, some personal liberties were allowed. Private property was to a great extent, allowed and protected. Religion, other than Judaism, was allowed. Assembly, press, speech and other civil liberties were restricted / censored. While Germany did have many concentration camps the use of them to terrorize to average citizen with arbitrary imprisonment was not exercised. Hitler did have great power over the German people but to a large extent this was due to his magnetic personality, great speaking ability and victories on the battlefield. He did take advise and had to defer to various other groups within Germany including the major industrialists, various military leaders and even some religious leaders. Mussolini was the Italian dictator and compared to the two above, was very weak in his powers. He never controlled the Italian economy or military to the extent dictators did in Russia or Germany. For example, the Italian economy was famously inefficient and stayed so throughout the war. The Italian economic leaders did little to further the war effort unless it lined their personal pockets. Japan was very regimented but did not have a central figure dictator. The emperor had the power did not weild it tyrannically. In fact, one of the major problems with Japan fighting WWII was the divisions in the country between the various sectors of army, navy, economy, religion, and civil authority. Franco ruled Spain as a medium level dictator. Churchill and Roosevelt, British and USA leaders respectively, also had some dictatorial powers. Control over the economies was fairly extensive in both countries. The press was censored but remained technically free. Freedom of assembly was greatly surpressed. Both nations drafted huge numbers of civilians into the armed forces, which is certainly a sort of dictatorial power. Compared to the Soviets, the USA and Britain continued to respect religion and private property throughout the war. In the USA, some groups, such as the Japanese Americans, suffered internment, loss of property and curtailment of all civil liberties.

In World War 2 it was Hideki Tojo.

For a brief period after the 1917 October Revolution, the RSFSR was established and headed by Aleksandr Kerensky who died in office. Vladimir Lenin was brought home to Russia and became the first Premier of the USSR from 1917 to 1922 when he retired due to ill-health and subsequently died in 1924. From 1922, the USSR was run by a committee of three, Grigory Zinovyev, Lev Kamenev and Josef Stalin. Stalin gradually got rid of the other two and by 1929, the USSR was a dictatorship under Stalin until his death, under questionable circumstances, in 1953.

Julius Caesar had himself appointed dictator for life in 44 BC, one month before his assassination, The was appointed dictator in 49 BC and resigned after 11 days, after he presided over his own election as consul, dictator for an indefinite period in 48 BC and dictator for 10 years in 46 BC.

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was a Roman general and statesman. About 458 B.C., the Roman Senate chose him dictator of the Republic. Cincinnatus was charged with rescuing a Roman army that faced total destruction by the Aequi, a tribe of ancient Italy. He defeated the enemy within 16 days but refused all honors and resigned the dictatorship. Vested again with dictatorial power in 439 B.C., he suppressed a rebellion by some poor people and then retired to his farm. Later generations considered him a model of Roman virtue.

The US supported key dictators in Latin America who were ideological allies with the United States in its fight against Communism, even if they were not democratic. The primary goal of US Foreign Policy during the Cold War period was to prevent the spread of communism and if it appeared that a democratic election or a recently-empowered dictator would lead the march leftward, the US actively intervened to put a right-wing leader in charge.

Germany has had numerous dictators throughout its history. Adolf Hitler is certainly Germany's most famous dictator, but most of the Dukes and Kings of the various German states could easily be considered dictators in their own right.

Most Soviet leaders had beliefs about human dignity, the only true Soviet dictator in every sense of the word was Joseph Stalin, who became the Soviet leader in 1924 and remained in power until his death in 1953. His purges killed tens of thousands of communists and resulted in the deaths of millions of Kulaks.

Vladimir Lenin and the Communist Party rule after World War 1.

Before the start it was Czar Nicholas II. He abdicated the throne and the Provisional Government was set up as a temporary government. Prince Georgy Lvov was the first head and Alexander Kerensky was the second head of the Provisional Government during the war. Lenin took over in October 1917 and changed Russia's government to a socialist (a stage of society before true communism) one that was run by his group called Bolsheviks.

The Bolsheviks later changed their name to Communists. Lenin ended Russia's part in the war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and continued to rule after World War 1.

The dictator during the Mexican American war was Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna. he was exiled.