hilter, stalin, and mussolini used thes methods to stay in power: He was imprisoned after attempting a coup d'etat in 1923, but eventually rose to power through his political leanings supporting anti-Semitism, anti-Communism, and anti-capitalism mixed with a zealous support of totalitarian pro-Germanism--all backed by his rousing oratory skills and mass propaganda. He rebuilt the German armies, who responded with blitzkrieg attacks against the other European nations, beginning with Poland, and Germany eventually controlled all of mainland Europe. and stalin and mussolini did the same things