At the of the first World War came about many changes in all aspects of society such as economics, politics and how people interacted on a daily basis. These effects were most prominent across the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia furthermore these effect trickled across the globe to lesser extents than these continents. In Europe, Germany and England saw a political transformation in the aftermath of the War. “Fascism was a political movement and ideology that sought to create a new type of society, developed as a reaction against liberal democracy and the spread of socialism and communism. In 1919 Benito Mussolini founded the first fascist party.” This fascist movement started in Italy but also existed in other parts of Europe such as Germany and was most popular among the middle class and rural citizens. Nationalist of every class greatly endorsed this system. Of course fascism in these different countries was not the exact same but founded on the same principles of nationalism and strong leadership. In Italy Benito Mussolini was the “guiding force” behind fascism in Italy. With the people wanting a government that was more effective and leaders that were more inspired among other things Mussolini and hid league managed to get a large number of fascists elected to parliament. With growing …show more content…
Hitler also took advantage of the fact that a majority of the German population wanted strong leadership and national unity as well as the political, economic and social climate brought about by the end of the War. Using his charisma and strong leadership like Benito Mussolini he was able to rise to power. He and his National Socialist German Workers’ Party were able to successfully gain support due to the frustrations with the current party. One of the biggest reasons was the peace treaty, the Treaty of Versailles, which the Germans were humiliated