Compare the experiences of the USSR and Germany after the First World

Compare the experiences of the USSR and Germany after the First World War. What similarities and differences do you find between them?

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Similarities:

1. Both of them suffered heavy losses in the World War – I.

2. Both the empires were replaced by powerful dictatorial rulers i.e., Stalin in the USSR and Hitler in Germany.

3. Both of them tasted a steady progress.

Differences:

The USSR	Germany
1) The USSR adopted Socialism.	1) Germany embraced Nazism.
2) Centralized political power and denied civil rights.	2) Nazism adopted aggressive policies and racial supremacy increased.
3) Violently eliminated opposition and multiparty democracy.	3) Germans exterminated minorities and inflicted mass murder on innocents.
4) The USSR did not follow aggressive foreign policy.	4) Hitler followed an aggressive foreign policy.
5) After 2nd World War the USSR rose to the status of world super power.	5) Whereas Germany was divided into two countries.