World War I and World War II

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Many people know about World War I and World War II seeing that they are a couple of the world’s most famous wars. Have you ever wondered how much you really know? This paper is here to inform you of all of the propaganda used to persuade people to follow Hitler, the Nazi party, and Stalin, terms that were used during this time period, and some of the very important people involved in World War I and in World War II.
In the heat of World War I there were two groups, the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies, which included France, Britain and Russia, went against the Central Powers. The Russian Revolution was also going on during this time period, which was a term that described a series of revolutions in Russia. These series of Revolutions demolished the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
Soviet Realism is another word for Socialist Realism which is the theory of art, literature, and music officially approved by some communist countries. This type of art was meant to change the way people saw things, and show the people real life things rather than putting unimportant fantasies in peoples’ heads. Early Fascist Italy was ruled by Mussolini, fascist dictator. Fascism is an authoritarian government which the people were extreme nationalists. Mussolini ruled as Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 until 1943, he followed constitutional rules until 1925 when he dropped all democratic ways and became a dictatorship known as II Duce which mean “the leader”.
World War II is a very famous war and mainly known for the Nazi Party leader, Adolf Hitler who was the socialist leader of Nazi Germany. Hitler was very persuasive and very educated in using propaganda to get his way. The Nazi leader used the logical ...

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...During World War ll wartime Governments censored the press. They censored the press because of the Nazi Party did not want to have a bad reputation; they wanted to look well rounded so they could get as many followers as possible. The national economies systems were also set up to recruit, arm and transport any goods or services the soldiers fighting in the war needed. The Nazi Party did whatever they thought would help them in the war, and the best way to do that was to get the people on their side. Sadly, many people conformed to the Nazi ways.
World War I and World War II were both main events that will live forever in American, and many other countries of the world’s history. From the Soviet Union, to the Allied forces to the Axis powers even from Mussolini to Adolf Hitler, all aspects will be main reasons why we the United States are the country we are today.

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