IB HL/SL History Paper 2 - Authoritarian States: Comparison between the Consolidation and Maintenance of Power for Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong

With these notes, I was able to attain a grade 7 in HL History during the 2018 November IB Exam Session. A grade 7 is the highest score attainable for this subject. This set of notes will be relevant to those taking IB HL AND SL History PP2 - Authoritarian States. It specifically focuses on the comparison between Hitler's rule of Nazi Germany () and Mao's rule of Communist China (). It covers both the CONSOLIDATION of power for both states and the MAINTENANCE of power for both states. These notes are filled with evidence and detail extracted from many long readings from books and scholarly articles that I read during my course of study. It can be assured that they are of top quality and have helped me immensely in preparing for the exams and for quick revision right before the exams. You can either use them as class notes, or as a revision sheet before exams. No other readings or notes are required in order to answer PP2 essay questions related to the topic. It gives you enough knowledge needed for COMPARISON questions that may come out in the exam. I am confident that this set of notes and the large amount of evidence that it has will enable you to bolster your PP2 marks.