Chapter 26 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Exalts the nation and race above the individual. Strong central government that forcibly suppresses opposition
Fascism
Russia (Soviet Union)
Joseph Stalin
Elimination of private property. Single authoritarian party controls means of production
Communism
Germany
Adolf Hitler
The New German Republic
Weimar Republic
The Government - Paramilitary to restore order
Freikorps
Hitler - Born in
Austria
On Sep 12, 1919, Hitler listens to a right-wing radical group called
The German Workers Party
NAZI
National Socialist German Workers Party
Nazi Platform
The destruction of “World Bolshevism” (Communists/Jews), to destroy Germany’s enemies (both within Germany and outside), reclaim lost German lands, make Germany great again
Hitler’s Henchmen
Ernst Roehm (S.A. Chief, Leader of the Brown Shirts), Albert Speer (Head of Munitions), Heinrich Himmler (Head of the S.S.)
Hitler invades Poland, World War II begins
September 1, 1939
Hitler and ____________________ sign a non-aggression pact
Stalin (Soviet Union)
Western Democracies policy of accepting Hitler’s demands in order to avoid conflict
Appeasement
The Munich Conference September 1938
The allies agree to give the Sudetenland to Hitler in return for Hitler making no further territorial demands
March 12, 1938
Unification of Austria and Germany
Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland
March 7, 1936
June 29,1934, the “Night of the Knives Purge”
Hitler has Ernst Roehm and the S.A. Leadership killed
Economic Recovery
Massive rearmament program, Building of the Volkswagen, The Construction of the Autobahn
Hitler is named (Reichskanzler) Chancellor of Germany
January 30,1933
In the Book, Hitler: (Problem)
Hitler claims the Jews are the greatest threat to the Aryan race, they are behind everything wrong with Germany. Claims the Germans belong to a master race called the Aryans. Argues that Germany needs Lebensraum (living space), This is to be found in the east. Calls for the unification of all German-speaking peoples under one government (Austria)
Results of the failed Putsch
He Decides to take power legally, He Writes Mein Kampf, The trial publicly makes Hitler a national figure
Hitler Seizure of power through force
Beer Hall Putsch