authoritarian states Flashcards
(23 cards)
1918
kaiser abdicates
1919
versailles treaty
1922
treaty of rapallo
1923 (4)
ruhr occupation, hyperinflation, beer hall putsch, stresemann
1924
dawes plan
1925 (2)
golden era by hindenburg, locarno pact
1926
germany joins lon
1929 (4)
Kellogg-briand pact, young plan, stresemann dies, great depression
1930 (3)
bruning chancellor, gvmt collapses, rise of extremism
1933 (3)
end of weimar republic, reichstag fire decree, enabling act and article 48,
1934 (3)
night of the long knives, hindenburg dies, fuhrer
Himmler
police state
Goebbels
minister of propaganda
economic policies
autarky: self-sufficiency, deficit financing, public works, economy built for war,
Hjalmar Scahct
minister of economics 1933-1937, not a nazi, satbilize economy, public works, bilateral trade agreements, subsidies, controlled prices and wages , industrial output rose by 49.5%
the four year plan
1936-1940, preapre economy and military for war, raw materials, 105% economy growth but not ready for total war
göring
minister of economics 1937 onwards
economic miracle?
unemployment fell, national debt increase, relied on imports and living standards didnt improve so NOOO
foreign policy
Lebensraum, nullifying ToV, expansionist, unite all german speaking regions
1935
saar region back to german control
1936
remilitarization of rhineland
1938
anchluss, austria became province for reich because hitler coudlnt invade, objection but no reaction, Sudeten crisis munich conference germany occupied