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. |