Hass events and dates Flashcards
(31 cards)
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
(1919) — Ended WWI; harshly punished Germany with territorial losses, military restrictions, and reparations.
What are reparations?
(1921 onwards) — Germany had to pay large sums for war damage, causing economic hardship and resentment.
What is the ‘Stab in the Back’ Myth?
(Post-1918) — False belief that Germany was betrayed internally (by Jews/socialists), not defeated in war.
When did the Great Depression begin?
(1929) — Worldwide economic crash that led to poverty and helped extremist groups like the Nazis gain support.
When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
(January 1933) — Hitler used legal means to gain power, then dismantled democracy.
What happened during the Reichstag Fire?
(February 1933) — Nazis blamed Communists, used it to justify emergency powers and eliminate opposition.
When was the Enabling Act passed?
(March 1933) — Gave Hitler power to make laws without parliament — beginning of Nazi dictatorship.
What was the Nazi propaganda used for?
(1933–1945) — To control information, glorify Hitler, and spread antisemitism.
What is nationalism in the Nazi context?
(1930s–40s) — Extreme pride in Germany; belief in superiority and unity under one race and leader.
When was the Munich Agreement signed?
(September 1938) — Britain and France let Hitler take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia (appeasement).
When was Austria annexed (Anschluss)?
(March 1938) — Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles by joining with Austria.
When did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia?
(March 1939) — Broke the Munich Agreement — Allies realised appeasement failed.
When did Germany invade Poland?
(1 September 1939) — Direct cause of WWII — Britain and France declared war.
When did WWII officially begin?
(3 September 1939) — Following the invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
When were the Nuremberg Laws introduced?
(1935) — Removed citizenship from Jews, banned intermarriage — early legal persecution.
What happened on Kristallnacht?
(9–10 November 1938) — Violent attacks on Jewish homes, synagogues, and businesses across Germany.
When was the Wannsee Conference?
(January 1942) — Nazi leaders decided on the ‘Final Solution’ — systematic extermination of Jews.
What was the Final Solution?
(1942–1945) — Genocide of Jews using death camps, gas chambers, mass shootings.
What was the Gestapo?
(1933–1945) — Nazi secret police used to terrorise and eliminate opposition.
What were Jewish ghettos?
(1939 onwards) — Overcrowded, walled-off areas Jews were forced to live in before deportation.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
(7 December 1941) — Japan bombed a US naval base; led to America joining WWII.
When was the Battle of Okinawa?
(April–June 1945) — One of the deadliest battles in the Pacific; showed Japanese resistance.
When was ‘Little Boy’ dropped on Hiroshima?
(6 August 1945) — First atomic bomb dropped by the US to force Japan to surrender.
When was ‘Fat Man’ dropped on Nagasaki?
(9 August 1945) — Second atomic bomb; led to Japan’s surrender on August 15, 1945.
