Dictators

There have been many great
leaders throughout history
Not all have been nice
These men were known as
dictators

Genghis Khan

‘Emperor of Emperors’
Military genius
Conquered more than Alexander
the Great
Controlled the Mongol hordes
Died mysteriously

Napoleon Bonaparte

Considered the greatest general
ever
Crowned himself emperor
Conquered most of Europe
Poisoned, died in exile

Adolf Hitler

His motto was “Have no pity. Act
brutally.”
He conquered most of Europe
Invented the ‘lightning war’ or Blitzkrieg
He spread death as no one else in
history
Didn’t take ‘experts’ advice
Shot himself when he lost the war

Benito Mussolini

Controlled Italy as a fascist dictator
Wanted to make Italy a world power
Joined Hitler in WWII
When the war was over he fled
Was shot to death by Italians in
Switzerland

Vladimir Lenin

Communist
Ruled by ‘terror’
Declared dictator deposed the Czar
Involved in Russian Civil War
Had an assassination attempt
against him
Died of a brain hemorrhage

Saddam Hussein

Controls Iraq
Controls a lot of the world’s oil
Caused Gulf War by annexing Kuwait
Considered a zealot
Alive, although has had assassination
attempts against him

JULIUS CAESAR

Great general
Worked his way up the political
ladder
Appointed dictator
Murdered by his friends

Caesar

O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so

low?

Are all thy conquests, glories,

triumphs, spoils shrunk to this
little measure?