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They were specifically inspired by the success of the Soviet movement and were aided by Soviet agents after they happened; the context of the 1918-19 uprisings were then perceived within the context of a world wide revolution, both in the minds of the 'capitalists' and communists. Part of the Soviet offensive against Poland was to link up with the German communists and spread the revolution, as well as aid the flagging German uprising. IMHO the uprisings in German and Hungary would have happened, but been somewhat different and probably less popular than they were IOTL without a Soviet faction doing so well in Russia.Do you think the Hungarian communist revolution, or the communist uprisings in Germany, would not have happened absent Soviet involvement? I mean, the fascists had no problem rising up without the existence of a fascist great power.
Fascism is a different ideology with a different set of motivations, especially in the societies where they took hold. Soviet communism didn't need outside influence to be the first movement to rise up, but then Russia had a very different social context than Central Europe or much of Western Europe where fascism had an easier time. German Fascism or at least Nazism did require the inspiration of the Italian model to get off the ground, or at least Hitler had claimed that Mussolini 'showed the way'. In Spain both the Nazis/Italian Fascists and the Soviet Communists were needed to help both sides of the Spanish civil war get off the ground (more so the Nationalists requiring outside support than the Republicans).
Ironically despite communist theory, it was only in more agrarian, authoritarian countries that communism could take off as a movement, while in countries that were more industrial and had more democracy communism was unable to convert the workers or appeal to the middle class, while Fascism was more appealing.
Its funny how the war turned Italy from a socialist hotbed into the fascist homeland. Mussolini himself had been a socialist until the war happened and he joined the military.Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister amidst massive socialist unrest in Italy.