Problem
The three Axis powers in Europe at the start of World War II, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Communist Soviet Union, were totalitarian regimes. Identify three features of totalitarianism that were present in these governments. What political and economic mechanisms allowed these regimes to come to power? What impact did their policies have on the populations of Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, as well as the nations that each conquered during World War II?