World War II 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
Post World War I problems
Restore Order, Revive the Economy, and Feed the Nation
The Government Paramilitary who restored order
Freikorps
Hitler Born
Austria
On Sept. 12, 1919 Hitler listens to a Right-wing radical group called
The German Workers Party
NAZI
National Socialist German Workers Party
Nazi platform
1)the destruction of World Bolshevism, Communists, and the Jews
2)to destroy Germany’s enemies both within Germany and outside (November Criminals)
3)reclaim lost German lands
4)make Germany Great again
Hitlers seizure of power through force
Beer Hall Putsch
Results of the failed Putsch
The trial publicity makes Hitler a national figure, he writes Mein Kampf, and he decides to take power legally.
In the book Hitler- beliefs part of what the NAZI’s stand for.
1)Calls for the unification of all German-speaking peoples under one Government (Austria)
2)claims the Germans belong to a master race called the Aryans
3)argues that Germany needs Lebensraum (living space) this is to be found in the East
4)Hitler claims the Jews are the greatest threat to the Aryan race and that they are behind everything that is wrong in Germany.
Hitler’s Henchmen- Men who will be instrumental in Hitler’s rise to power
1)Ernst Roehm-SA chief and leader of the Brown Shirts
2)Hermann Goering- head of the Luftwaffe
3)Rudolf Hess- party secretary
4)Joseph Goebbles- minister of propaganda
5)Heinrich Himmler- head of the SS
6) Albert Speer- head of munitions
Hitler is named (Reichskanzler) Chancellor of Germany
January 30, 1933
Economic recovery
The construction of the Autobahn, building of the Volkswagen, and massive rearmament program.
June 29, 1934 the Night of the Long Knives Purge
Hitler has Ernst Roehm and the SA leadership killed
Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland
March 7, 1936
March 12, 1938
unification of Austria to Germany
The 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 what or accepting Hitler’s demands in order to avoid conflict
Appeasement
Hitler and who sign a Non-aggression Pact
Stalin (Soviet Union)
