Interwar Period and Rise of Hitler Flashcards
(23 cards)
Fascist Leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Exalts the nation and race above the individual. Strong central government that forcibly suppresses opposition
Fascism
Communist leader of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Elimination of private property, single authoritarian party controls means of production
Communism
Fascist Leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler
New German Republic
Weimar Republic
Post WW1 Problems in Germany
Restore order, revive the economy, feed the nation
Government paramilitaries to restore order
Freikorps
Hitler born in
Braunau, Austria
Sept 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 and Jews)
-Destroy Germany’s enemies, both within (The November Criminals), and outside
-Reclaim lost German lands
-Make Germany great again
Hitler attempts to seize power through force
Beer Hall Putsch
Results of the failed Putsch
-The trial publicity makes Hitler a national figure
-He writes Mein Kampf
-He decides to take power LEGALLY
In Mein Kampf, Hitler’s beliefs that will be part of what the Nazi’s stand for:
-Calls for the unification of all German-speaking peoples under one government (Austria)
-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
-Hitler claims the Jews are the greatest threat to the Aryan race. They are behind everything that is wrong in Germany.
Hitlers henchmen (Give 3)
-Ernst Roehm - S.A. Chief, Leader of the Brown Shirts
-Hermann Goering - Head of the Luftwaffe
-Rudolf Hess - Party Secretary
-Joseph Goebbles - Minister of Propaganda
-Heinrich Himmler - Head of the S.S.
-Albert Speer - Head of Munitions
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
January 30, 1933
Economic Recovery
-Construction of the Autobahn
-Building of the Volkswagon
-Massive Rearmament Program
Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland
March 7, 1936
March 12 1938
Unification of Austria to Germany (Anschluss)
Munich Conference, September 1938
The Allies agree to give the Sudetenland to Hitler in return for Hitler making no further territorial demands
Western Democracies policy of ______________, accepting Hitler’s demands in order to avoid conflict
Appeasement
Hitler Invades Poland, World War 2 commences
September 1st, 1939
