Questions tagged [fascism]
An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organisation.
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What usually happens to a country's leadership when a dictator dies? [closed]
I don't know how succession happened in Soviet Russia, but I remember a succession of leaders, and they all appeared to be by election — although those elections may have been rigged. Were they?
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What did 1935 U.S. Democrats believe?
I picked up a copy of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 fiction work It Can't Happen Here. This copy (printed in 2014) boasts that it "is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary ...
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Is there a relationship between the Roman/fascist salute and the gestures of the Roman emperor in the Colloseum? [closed]
Last October I went to visit Rome and enjoyed a tour through the Coliseum. Our tour guide told a number of stories about the Coliseum, most of which sounded plausible enough. However, one thing seemed ...
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Why did Mussolini say that people are not really free if they don't have access to the ocean?
On the 10th of June 1940, Benito Mussolini announced his war declaration to the Italian people, and he said (video, at 6:10):
Noi impugnamo le armi per risolvere, dopo il problema risolto delle ...
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How many visits did the Mitford sisters or Oswald Mosley make to Nazi Germany?
The youngest Mitford sister, Unity, first met Hitler in Munich 1934, who invites her older sister Diana over to meet him in April 1935. Sometime in 1935 Unity delivers the televised speech at ...
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Was the town Jadovno near Gospić named after the concentration camp during World War 2, or was it the other way around?
What does the name "Jadovno", a town near Gospić where a concentration camp used to be during World War 2, mean? Was the town named after the concentration camp (from "jad" meaning ...
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Did Franco ever refer to his regime as Fascist?
Italy certainly started out using the term, which is derived from Senatorial regalia.
Hitler's Germany can also pretty safely be classified as such, that's the regime most people have in mind when ...
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Did Lenin approve of Mussolini’s march on Rome?
Did Vladimir Lenin send Mussolini a congratulatory telegram when Mussolini successfully marched on Rome in 1922?
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Did the Sturmabteilung uniform look ridiculous in terms of German fashion in the 1920s?
Ridicule is a common method of social dismissal. The Sturmabteilung (SA) were a German fascist militia in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Their most basic uniform was described as a yellow brown ...
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Was Swastika a universally-recognized symbol of fascism as early as 1925?
In the Soviet sci-fi film "Napoleon Gas" of 1925, there is a secret society, called "Fascist Order Black Klan" in the United States. The order's uniform seems to be similar to that ...
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If Hitler was a far right fascist, why did he say he wanted a socialist state? [duplicate]
Everything I read (from seemingly reputable sources) says the Nazis, although having "Socialist" in their name – were really far right fascists. They also, apparently, worked to eradicate ...
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Who did Mussolini meet after Hitler, on arrival to Germany after rescue?
Mussolini was flown to Germany after the Gran Sasso raid.
Who does Mussolini meet, after Hitler, in this video? What does the narrator say (in German)? What does it mean?
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Why were the British Union of Fascist outfits so bad compared to the Nazis? [closed]
Looking at Oswald Mosley's fascists "blackshirts", it struck me that the tailoring on their costumes was quite bad compared to their German counterparts.
Photos I've seen look like black boiler suits ...
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Why does a Star of David appear at a rally with Francisco Franco?
In this web page, a photo from a repertory of photos from the Spanish Civil War, at the website of the archive of Italian Istituto Luce, shows a rally with Francisco Franco within a theatre. From the ...
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Which historians argue that WWII was caused by Fascism as a reaction to Communism?
It's been suggested that fascist movements of post-WW1 Europe emerged
in reaction to the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and against worker
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Did the Nazis identify as being Fascists? How exactly did they view themselves?
In the 1920s, Italy established the National Fascist Party (Italian: Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF ) Hitler adopted much from his Italian allies including their fascist ideals. Even the infamous ...
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How did World War I affect women in Italy?
I’m writing a paper on fascism and the ideology of women. One of my topics I plan in discussing is World War I and how it impacted women both during and following the war. I wanted to write 5 pages ...
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Was Mussolini's March on Rome inspired by ancient history?
As is well-known, Mussolini was very fond of ancient Rome. I am wondering whether he got the idea for the March on Rome from ancient examples.
Indeed, marching on Rome to drive home a political ...
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Was Fascism tied to any Specific Ideology Before Nazism and Italy's Fascist Party?
The word Fascism drives from Fasces, a bundle of sticks used to represent strength thorough unity. This has been used throughout history in many governments, worker's cooperatives, and unions.
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What did Hitler mean with the following statement about Franco?
The following was quoted in Albert Speer's diary entry for 26 December 1950 recalling a conversation with Hitler in January 1943 (Albert Speer, Spandau: The Secret Diary (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, ...
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What level of public support did Adolf Hitler have in his final year of power?
In his final year in power, what level of support did Adolf Hitler still command and what drove that public perception?
I ask as an insight into populism and at what point do populations reach a ...
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The allure of totalitarianism/ communism/ fascism [closed]
In the 1930s there was a rise of totalitarianism whether fascism or communism such as Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy, and Stalin's Soviet Union
What would've been the allure of totalitarianism ...
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What did the word "fascist" mean in an early 1930's novel set in Italy?
Today the word "fascist" is used by many people as not much more than a swear word, due to how World War 2 unfolded. However, what precise meaning did it carry when used to describe a person in the ...
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What did it mean that Italy was an Empire?
The caption of a picture here says that "The session of the Grand Council of 9 May 1936, where the Empire was proclaimed". What did it mean in practice that Italy was proclaimed an "Empire"?
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Was Fascism capitalist or communist or as many say, was it a "third type" of ideology? [closed]
Was Fascism capitalist or communist or as many say, was it a "third type" of ideology? I have searched wikipedia and other sources but due to different opinions, I am confused.
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Why is the Ku Klux Clan an Christian terrorism organisation? [closed]
the wikipdeia article of the Ku Klux Clan says
Though members of the KKK swore to uphold American values and
Christian morality, virtually every Christian denomination officially
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What's Mussolini's first known statement about Hitler?
Hitler became internationally known after the beer hall putsch in 1923. When did he first come to Mussolini's attention, and what did he say?
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What were the main causal forces leading to rise of fascist movement and fascist government in Germany? [closed]
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the economic depression
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the treaty debt
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Did Hitler get called a fascist by his opponents within Germany? Did he or other Nazis have a problem with that?
Hitler wrote of his admiration for Mussolini, but when it came to naming his party something they did not call it fascist (according to Konrad Heiden, Hitler did not want the party to be called ...
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Which countries banned Ferdinand the bull?
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The book "The Story of Ferdinand" is a short illustrated children's story featuring a bull who would not be provoked by a matador. When it was published in 1936, it was widely interpreted ...
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Is external expansion an element of fascist ideology
The topic of ideology is very fascinating to me. I'm currently writing a book about it. Although its related to a different context, information about all ideology would be helpful.
I'm getting ...
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What currently existing IT companies collaborated with Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy?
I am aware that IBM has designed the tabulator machines to calculate information dealing with the extermination of Jews, but are there any other currently existing corporations which have helped Nazi ...
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Did the Socialist and the Fascist party share the electoral programme in Italy?
I was taught that in the early twenties the Socialist and the Fascist parties programmes were more or less identical, except for just one nationalist clause in the Fascist party's programme.
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To what can we trace the idea of "civic responsibility"?
Can the sense of "civic responsibility" (i.e. the individual sense of participation and duty towards the construction and maintenance of a public order, and its enactment), be traced historically as ...
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What explanations have been given as to why the Jews were not killed in Italy? [closed]
Jews were mass murdered in Germany during World War II. Why did the same thing not happen in Italy?
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Is it true that Mussolini agreed to implement anti-Jewish laws in exchange for expulsion of Germans from Northern Italy?
I once read that Mussolini was reluctant to implement anti-Jewish legislation despite German pressure but agreed to do so in exchange for the expulsion of Germans from Northern Italy (including South ...
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Why was the Republican government of Spain so slow to react to the Nationalist revolt?
I have been reading the Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor. One of the arguments the author makes is that the first 48 hours of the July 17th military uprising was the most vital period in which a ...
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How Successful Were the International Brigades?
During the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) to what extent did the International Brigades play a role in fighting the fascists coup? My understanding is that they were a relatively minor element, ...
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