Conditions That Led Hitler and Castro to Rise in Germany and Cuba

Conditions That Led Hitler and Castro to Rise in Germany and Cuba

Hitler and Castro was once a hero of their country, Germany and Cuba. They were strong, fierce, and great speaker. But how do they really rise to power? The Socio-economic and political conditions were crucial in explaining how Hitler and Castro got their power. These conditions included economics conditions, social conditions, political weakness, strong leaderships, and last but not least, communism.

Germany and Cuba was on the verge of collapsing previous to both leaders coming to power. Germany was started to collapse right at the end of world war one. The new government sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and loss everything, power, soldiers, lands, and more. In 1923, the hyperinflation kicks in. In 1922, the highest domination was 50,000 Marks for 1 USD (United States Dollar). In the start of 1923, the highest was 100, 000, 000, 000, 000 Marks for 1 USD. That made the Germany devastated. Makes the people of Germany difficult to get anything, like food, fire, shelter, warm clothing during winter. In 1929, the Great Depression enters Germany. The Americans stop helping Germany, making the people of Germany unemployed. Making the people hard to get money and that leads to hunger, health, and death rates. While in the 1940s, Cuba was also collapsing. In 1940, Cuba had free and fair elections. Batista won and he allowed communism, but the American Economics was too exploited to the Cubans. That led more economic regulation, leading to declining investments and also leading to higher tax burden, not knowing that the impact are. Unemployment becomes high; numbers of University graduates could not get or find jobs. This affected the Cuban poverty rate to be increased. Both countries have the worst economic problems in its time and because of that, the people wanted a leader who can stop these economic problems. Therefore, in explaining the rise to power of both Hitler and Castro extreme economics conditions are essential.

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