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1 Can you name the Dictator or tell what country he is from? Don’t worry if you don’t recognize these people - you’re not supposed to know many of these guys yet! Who is this famous actor portraying?

2 Mao 1 Mao Tse-Tung - China

3 Stalin 2

4 Hitler 3

5 Kim Il Sung 4

6 Kim Jong Il 5 Kim Jong-Il

7 Hussein 6

8 Castro 7

9 Lenin 8 Vladimir Lenin - USSR

10 Mussolini 9

11 Examples of dictators: Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin One person - the ‘ Dictator ’ - holds all of the power in the country So no elections are held because the Dictator does not allow people to choose who they want to run their country Anyone who is considered to be an enemy of the Dictator and his political party would be persecuted Only one political party is allowed to exist - the Dictator is the leader of this party, and the party helps him to run the country Dictators rely upon a large, strong and loyal army to help them to maintain their power What’s a Dictator- ship?

12 Styles of government DictatorshipCommunismDemocracy The dictator holds all the power in the country Property and businesses are owned by a whole nation instead of by individuals; people share all the wealth An elected government of the people, by the people and for the people

13 German aggression Germans aggression in Europe began when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party took control of Germany in 1933. Aggression: the actions of starting a fight or war by a person or nation Germany soon took over Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland

14 German aggression Germany had a huge, well-trained army, equipped with the most modern tanks and other weapons. It also had the largest air force in the world.

15 Blitzkrieg ( “ lightning war ” ) A new type of warfare used to quickly conquer most of western Europe. Squadrons of German planes would suddenly appear to bomb a country ’ s military bases and factories. At the same time, hundreds of German tanks and thousands of troops would quickly move into that country ’ s cities.

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17 Did it work??? Using the “ blitzkrieg, ” Germany conquered Poland and France, each within a month. Within 3 months, Germany also conquered Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium

18 Dictatorship – The dictator holds all the power in the country. Communism – People share all the wealth. Property and businesses are owned by the whole nation. Democracy – elected government of the people, by the people, & for the people Hitler – Dictator of Germany

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