'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke
Dictatorship and Democracy, 1920-45
Resources by Topic1. Communism in Russia
Case Study - Stalin's Show Trials 2. Mussolini and Fascist Italy 3. Hitler and Fascist Germany Case Study - The Nuremberg Rallies 4. Britain During the Inter-War Years Case Study - The Jarrow Crusade, 1936 5. Hitler's Foreign Policy, 1933-39 6. Second World War 7. The Third French Republic and the Vichy State 8. Anglo-American Popular Culture |
Key PersonalitiesVladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler Joseph Goebbels Leni Riefenstahl Winston Churchill John Maynard Keynes Charlie Chaplin Bing Crosby |
Some Past Exam Questions [HL]
- What did Lenin and Stalin contribute to communism in Russia?
- How effective were the internal and external policies of Benito Mussolini or Josef Stalin? [Sample]
- Why did Stalin conduct show trials in Soviet Russia and what were the consequences of these trials on Soviet society? [Sample]
- Why was France unstable during the period, 1920 – 1940?
- What were the main characteristics of the Nazi state in Germany, 1933 – 1939?
- How did dictators use propaganda and/or terror to maintain their power?
- What were the causes and consequences of the Jarrow March, October, 1936?
- What were the main developments in church-state relations under Hitler and Mussolini?
- What was the impact of Anglo-American popular culture on Europe, 1920 – 1945?
- What developments took place in the technology of warfare during the period 1920-1945?