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Strategies used to take power Mao and Hitler By Dan Fazio 1. Common techniques include: 1. Civil War 2. Political campaigns 3. Coups d’état 4. Mass uprising 5. Alliances with foreign powers 6. Intimidation of opponents 7. Propaganda and media control 8. Other 2. Hitler 1. Hitler did not use civil war in order to gain power, he did use violence in to attempt to gain control initially Hitler took advantage of Germany’s political situation 2. Hitler and the Nazi party appealed to Germans with promises of national unity and full employment. 3. No coups d’état in Nazi Germany. 4. Promises to undo the Versailles treaty brought together all of German people. 5. Germany was internationally isolated. 6. Sense of purpose Nazis preached life and death struggle between Aryans and non-Aryans. As well as persecuting opponents to the party. 7. Significant amount of propaganda by Dr. Joseph Goebbels helped persuade much of the German public. 8. Weakness of the Weimar republic and its lack of political success lead to Hitler’s ability to gain control over Germany. Mao
 * “Variety of techniques that single-party leaders employ to gain power. These are used in various combinations with different degrees of emphasis depending on the country and its situation.”

1. Mao’s communist party used guerrilla warfare as well as the peasant masses to weaken the KMT’s control on China. 2. Mao began supporting communist ideals as he helped create China’s communist party in 1921. Mao then helped the communist party slowly rise to power even when forced into isolation Mao continued to gain support as the popularity of the leading KMT government declined. 3. No coups d’état in communist China. 4. As the KMT failed in improving peasant poverty, factory conditions, and land reform Mao’s communist party continued to gain support Mao Zedong took advantage of KMT weaknesses and took control over China on promises of land reform, honest and fair administration, and a well disciplined powerful communist army. 5. Mao used his alliance communist Russia to obstruct the KMT allowing his communist guerrilla troops to further attack KMT. 6. Mao consolidated his power within the communist party as well as ensuring his control, while severely punishing his opponents. 7. Mao used propaganda in spreading his communist ideals throughout China promoting his leadership skills and economic reforms. 3.
 * Mao and Hitler were similar in how they came to power in several ways.
 * Each took advantage of the leading government’s ineffectiveness and lack of public support.
 * Hitler and Mao promised economic change and widespread reform.
 * Each used propaganda to support their ideals.
 * Nationalistic ideals that were supported by masses.
 * However, Hitler used the current governmental system to gain control, while Mao primarily used guerrilla warfare and a civil war to gain control.