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Economic Influence Similarities
After WWI, the economic depression emerged in Italy and Germany. In Italy, Fascism seemed like the best way to bring order and prosperity to the country. In Germany, to solve the economic problems, new elections were held, and the Nazi Party, which led by Hitler, had won. They refused to pay all of Germany's finalcial obligations. As a result, foreign investors took their money from Germany, and the situations became worse. However, the Nazis succeeded to give strong impressions toward people.
On the other hand, Iraq was originally poor country. In the 1970, before Saddam's presidency, he organized oil deals and succeeded to make the country wealthy. He used the money to pave roads, run electricity, and build schools and hospitals. In this way, Saddam raised political power by contributing to the country.
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Social, Political Influence Similarities
In Italy, fascist conttrol of Italy was aided by conservatives and the King, Victor Emmanuel III. The King had a constitutional monarchy, with a parliament elected under limited suffrage. They thought it was possible to control the fascist regime. However, there was only one fascist party called "Corporate State" when Mussolini came to power in 1922. Fascists forced the King to appoint Mussolini as prime minister. In Germany, the Nazis succeeded to get more votes than any other party in elections in 1932, and Hitler also required the president Hindenburg to choose him as chancellor, as Mussolini did. The president first refused to select Hitler, but others around the president presuaded him to do so. They thought they could not only contorl Hitler, but also use his popularity and talents to advance the interests of the government. Hitler became chancellor on January 30, 1933.
Iraq made dramatic progress by being an independent state in 1932. Military overthrew the monarchy in 1958, and the state has gone through many different constitutions. They have not been politically stable since their independence. Saddam joined Baath Party, an Arab nationalist movement. He then attempted to kill the president Abdul Karim Kassem, but he failed the plan and fled to Cairo. While he was in Cairo, he kept working hard as a leader in the Party, which opposed to the government. After he built up his career while working hard in the Party, he became the president of Iraq in 1979.
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