Government in wartime, 1939-45 - intro Flashcards
How did start of war change drive for war?
gearing up for power since took power
THEN
start of war = escalation of drive for war + some social change
- women before discouraged from working TO being urged to take on war work
- SS took over more gov administration
- anyone in gov job HAD to be a Nazi
What did SS numbers rise to?
1939 - 240,000
1944 - over 1 million
Who ran racial policy + how achieved?
SS ran H’s racial policy - getting rid of non-German races
+
achieved through expulsion, isolation, forced labour + murder
What was formed to run home front activities + what is home front activites?
13 ‘military districts’ formed from the G regions + their Gauleiters became Reich Defence Commissioners (RVKs)
RVKs ran all Home front activites:
incl. civil defence, rationing + Volkssturm (home guard)