Nazis and Fascists - what is the difference, the history of emergence and their views

In society, as a rule, the concepts of "fascist" and "Nazi" are not separated when it comes to the soldiers of Nazi Germany.

Meanwhile, the Germans took it as an insult if they were called fascists. After all, they are just "honest National Socialists." What's the difference?

Few people think, but the difference is huge. Since 1933, the National Socialist Workers' Party came to power in Germany, which launched an offensive against the Union. The fascists were the Italians, who did not have time to reach our lands.

Where did fascists come from?

In ancient Rome, there was a clear division of city government. They were called "magistrates" and had the right to decide on punishments. The only thing that was forbidden was the use of the death penalty within the city. And outside, please. The performers were lictors who carried a bundle of rods, called in Latin "fasca". In the Italian version, it sounded like "fascio".

If the lictor went outside the city, then he stuck a hatchet into the fashio, which signaled that the representative of the authorities could apply severe punitive measures, up to the death penalty.

In Rus', rods with a similar name, “fascines”, were also used. But their purpose was quite peaceful - they were used as a reinforcement of unstable soil.

Thus, later, fascine became a symbol of the popular movement in Italy, which poured out slogans like: “As long as we are united, we are invincible”! “Whoever is not with us is against us!” Members of this movement began to call themselves fascists.

Benito Mussolini stood at the origins of the first movement in 1919, and he called his party "Fashi di combattimento", which translated as "Fighting Union".

What did the Nazis fight for?

The fascists had their own leader, who guaranteed his activists the receipt of all the benefits due to everyone under the law for good work. All that was needed was the unification of the people. And it was not difficult to ensure this, since Italy was rapidly losing its capital, and people were left without work and livelihoods.

It cannot be said that the party was vehemently supported in the elections, but anti-communist sentiments helped to take hundreds of people under its wing. In 1922, this state of affairs seriously frightened the king of the country, and in order to avoid civil war, he offered Mussolini the chair of prime minister.

The Nazis took up the revival of the economy. To do this, they introduced planning, deprived some of the powers of employers, created large labor structures, while maintaining financial independence for small ones.

The results were not long in coming, and such major projects as telephone installation, road construction, and medical insurance were finally completed. The state of unemployment and banditry improved, and a surge in the birth rate began.

But after 6 years, the stage of stagnation and crisis began again. There were attempts to carry out military expansions, but it was not possible to radically improve the situation. However, popular support for Mussolini only grew stronger.

By the way, Mussolini never preached physical violence and the extermination of "undesirable" races. He imposed certain restrictions on Jews, Ethiopians and Arabs, but nothing more.

War against the Nazis

Since 1931, a real coup began, which was associated with the overthrow of the monarchy in the country. The Nazis came to power with the support of the Catholic Church. The struggle for power did not stop, and the newly created Popular Front seized power again. But that was only the beginning.

Since 1936, a military mutiny led by Francisco Franco has escalated into an inhuman civil war. He was supported not only by the Nazis, but also by the German Nazis. The Republicans, supported by 54 countries of the world, among which was the Soviet Union, opposed it.

The Great Patriotic War

When the war reached the Soviet Union, the population of the country felt for themselves all the brutal power and inhumanity of the Nazi army. They were firmly entrenched in the name "fascist German invaders", which took its origins from the civil war in Italy.

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