Name That Fascist Dictator Quiz

Mussolini founded the first fascist party in 1919.

Long before invading Poland to start World War II, Hitler had to grab absolute power in Germany.

The U.S. has helped quite a few fascist regimes gain power in Latin America, including Pinochet.

Francisco Franco ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.

William Hitler was born in Britain but moved to America where he not only became a citizen but joined the U.S. Navy. He fought in the Pacific during WWII.

"El Caudillo" means "The Ruler." How humble of Franco!

Bordaberry began his rule as an elected president but became more militaristic over time. He even suspended the constitution during his rule.

Franco united a handful of right-wing parties in Spain, including the Falange, to form the political group he used to take power.

After Castro overthrew Batista, Batista hid out in the Dominican Republic until 1959.

Dollfuss' height didn't stop his rapid rise in Austrian politics.

General Banzer replaced socialist Juan Jose Torres, who fled to Argentina after the coup.

General Stroessner's regime worked with Pinochet and other Latin American dictators at the time in Operation Condor, which violently silenced opposition to their power.

It was Mussolini who encouraged Dollfuss to dissolve Austria's political parties and amend the constitution to align with Fascism.

Videla was in power from 1976 to 1981, when he resigned. He was arrested for war crimes in 1983, for which he received a life sentence.

The military overthrew the Portuguese government and named Salazar prime minister in 1932. He was a good friend of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.

Under Stroessner's leadership of the Colorado Party, freedom of the press was not a thing.

No, he didn't have a selfie stick. Heinrich Hoffmann, a German photographer, was hired to take the photos of Hitler. He didn't destroy them as ordered.

Mussolini was only 10 years old when he stabbed a classmate the first time. He stabbed another student at the school he attended after that first expulsion.

The Hungarian government sent Szalasi to jail many times during the war. When the Nazis captured Hungary in 1944, they put him in power. After the war he was executed for war crimes.

After a coup attempt, Pinochet sent military forces to Chilean villages to destroy his opponents. They brutally slaughtered 97 people in under a month.

Hitler was not only a vegetarian, but he also became very careful about food after an attempt on his life. He had food tasters whom he kept locked up so they couldn't become disloyal.

Mussolini's father even named him after a socialist, Mexican president Benito Juarez.

Franco's book, Raza, was even made into a film directed by Jose Luis Saenz de Heredia.

A good economy doesn't make up for the kidnappings and mass killings that were almost routine when Pinochet was in power.

When Allied forces captured Mussolini in 1943, Hitler ordered his troops to free the fascist dictator. They succeeded in Il Duce, but he was captured again and executed two years later.

Argentinian president Carlos Menem pardoned Videla in 1990, but the dictator went to trial again in 2010 and received another life sentence. He died in prison in 2013 at age 87 and insisted until his death that the violence he used — even against newborn babies — was necessary.

Batista left Cuba for eight years after his first term in office. His second stint as ruler was brutally authoritarian.

Marcello Caetano became prime minister of Portugal, replacing Salazar in late 1968. Salazar had no idea.

In a rare interview with a reporter, Stroessner bragged about the peace he brought to Paraguay. Secret police documents that came to light shortly afterward told a different, much more violent story.

Austrian Nazis assassinated Dollfuss in 1934 because he refused to join forces with Germany for economic reasons.