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The authoritarian governments means a government which consumes the central power strongly and there is less freedom to political choice, less freedom to the press and strong nationalism ,opposed to liberalism. Prior to the outbreak of WWII there were several authoritarian governments raised in the Europe and Asia. There was Hitler government in Germany, Mussolini Government in Italy,Joseph Stalin in Soviet Union, emperor of Japan. All of these authoritarian governments were at the peak of their time before the WWII and ruled their country with their hard principal.
