Totalitarianism

Lenin abandoned war communism in favor of his NEP which was a modified version of the old capitalist system.

Lenin and the communists formally created a new state calles USSR. Lenin's New Economic Policy saved the Soviet Union from complete economic disaster.

It was the first Fascist party movement created by Mussolini.

The Fascist outlawed all other political parties in Italy and established the secret police known as the OVRA .

Only this two major European states remained democratic.

The plan set economic goals for five-year periods. Purpose was to transform Russia from an agricultural into an industrial country.

Collectivization came at a tremendous cost. The Hoarding of food & slaughter of food caused famine. His actions of the Great Purge also led him to remove the Old Bolsheviks.

Spanish military forces revolted against the democratic government.

It ended when Franco's forces captured Madrid and he established a dictatorship that favored large landowners, business people, and the Catholic clergy.