chapter 26 Flashcards
Hitler invades Poland!! World War II
September 1. 1939
Hitler signs a non-aggression pact with
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, 1939
unification of austria to germany
hitler remilitaried the rhineland
march 7, 1936
june 29, 1934 -> the “night of the long knives purge”
Hitler has Ernst Roehm and the S.A. leadership killed
Economic recovery
- the construction of the autoban
- building of the volkswagen
- MASSIVE rearmament program
Hitler is named (Reichskanzler) chancellor of germany
-> January 30, 1933
Hitler’s Henchmen - men who will be instrumental in Hitler’s rise ot power
Rudolf Hess -> party secretary
Joseph Goebbles -> minister of proaganda
Albert Speer -> Head of munitions
In the book, Hitler:
Beliefs 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 Lebensraun (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
Results of the failed Putsch
- The trial publicity makes Hitler a national force
- he writes mein kampf
- he decides to take power legally
Hitler seizure of power through force
“beer hall putsch”
Nazi Platform
a. the destrcution of “World Bolshevism” (communists and the jews)
b. to destroy Germany’s enemies, both within Germany (“November Criminals”) and outside
c. reclaim lost German lands
d. make Germany great again
BONUS
“november criminals”
