TOTALITARIANISM BETWEEN THE WARS, 1919-39 PAST YEAR ESSAY QUESTION

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PAPER O/N 2001 M/J 2002 O/N 2002 M/J 2003 O/N 2003 M/J 2004 O/N 2004 M/J 2005 ESSAY QUESTION How successful by 1939 had Stalin been in achieving his aims in the USSR? Why, to 1939, did many Germans support Hitler and his Nazi dictatorship? How similar were the reasons for the rise of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany? How similar were the methods by which Hitler and Stalin governed Germany and the USSR respectively during the 1930s? How far do you agree that economic reasons were the most important cause of the rise of a totalitarian government in either Germany or Italy during the 1920s and 1930s? How important was the cult of personality to Hitlers rule in the period to 1939? Why was Hitler able to establish dictatorial rule in Germany in the 1930s? How accurate is the claim that the effects of World War I were the most important reason for the rise of totalitarian governments in Europe during the period to 1939? (You should refer to at least two of Germany, Italy and Russia in your answer.) How far, by 1939, had Hitler solved the problems that had faced the Weimar Republic? Why, by 1939, had Stalin been able to impose totalitarian rule on the Soviet Union? Assess the claim that Hitlers rule from 1933 to 1939 was a popular dictatorship. How far was it the effects of World War One that brought about the rise of totalitarianism regimes in inter-war Europe? (You should refer to at least two of Germany, Italy and Russia in your answer.) How far can Mussolinis rule in Italy from 1922 to 1939 be described as a totalitarian regime? The unpopularity of the Versailles settlement was the most important reason why Hitler gained power in 1933. How far do you agree with this judgement? How similar were the Nazi dictatorship in Germany and the Fascist dictatorship in Italy to 1939? Assess the strengths and weaknesses of Mussolini as leader of Italy in domestic affairs from 1922 to 1939. How far do you agree that Hitlers power in Germany from 1933 to 1939 relied mainly on terror? How far did Hitlers popularity in Germany from 1933 to 1939 depend on his foreign policies? By 1939, how far had Hitler resolved the domestic problems that he faced the Weimar Republic? How accurately can Hitlers government of Germany from 1933 to 1939 be described as totalitarian? How far had Mussolini achieved his aims in domestic policy by 1939? Explain the similarities and differences in the economies of the Nazi Germany and the USSR in the 1930s. Why was Stalin able to establish his dictatorship in Russia? How far was Mussolini a totalitarian ruler of Italy up to 1939? The most important reason for Hitlers popularity in Germany from 1933 to 1939 was propaganda. How far do you agree with this view?

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