WWII 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 control of production.
Communism
Germany
Adolf Hitler
The new German republic
Weimar Republic
Post World War I problems
Restore Order
Revive the Economy
Feed the nation
The government _______ paramilitary restore order
Freikorps
Hitler born in
Austria
On September 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” communist and the jews
- To destroy Germany’s enemies both within Germany and outside
- Reclaim lost German lands
- Make Germany great again
Hitler 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
- He decides to take power legally
In the Book Hitler
- Calls for the unification of all German-speaking peoples under one government (Austria)
- Claims the Germans belong to the 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 wrong in Germany.
Hitlers henchmen- Men who will be instrumental in Hitlers rise to power (Know 3)
- Ernst Roehm: SA chief, leader of brown shirts
- Herman Goering: Head of the Luftwaffe
- Rudolf Hess: Party secretary
- Joseph Gobbles: Minister of propaganda
- Heinrich Himmler: Head of the SS
- 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
- Massive rearmament program
June 29, 1934. The Knight of 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 _______ accepting Hitler’s demands in order to avoid conflict
Appeasement
Hitler and ________ sign a nonaggression pact
Stalin (Soviet Union)
