'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 Topic

1. 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 Personalities

Vladimir 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?