The document discusses common factors that led to the establishment of totalitarian regimes in Italy and Germany in the inter-war period. Some key similarities included dissatisfaction with weak governments after World War 1, a desire for national restoration, and severe economic hardship from war debts and hyperinflation. Resentment over harsh peace treaties also fueled nationalist sentiments and opened the door for strongmen like Hitler and Mussolini to rise to power by promising national renewal.