History Flashcards
When does Hitler become Fuhrer?
August 2 1934
What was anshluss?
March 12 1938, the unification of Austria by Nazi Germany.
What were the nuremberg laws?
The Nuremberg Laws were anti-Jewish statutes enacted by Germany on September 15, 1935, marking a major step in clarifying racial policy and removing Jewish influences from Aryan society. These laws, on which the rest of Nazi racial policy hung, were written hastily.
What was the Blitskriege?
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.
What was the battle of Stalingrad?
The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943), was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad.
When and what was D Day?
It was an invasion, the biggest one in history. It happened on 6 June 1944 after five years of war with Germany. A massive military force set out from England towards France. It was going to overthrow Nazi Germany and its leader Adolf Hitler. The Nazis had taken over nearly the whole of Europe.
What occurred on December 7 1941?
America joined the war.
What was the phoney war?
The Phoney War refers to what happened in Western Europe between September 1939 and the spring of 1940. To assume that nothing was going on in Europe would be wrong as Poland was in the process of being occupied with all that brought for the Polish people. However, in Western Europe very little of military importance did take place.
When were jews excluded from economic life?
November 12 1938
What was the nuremberg rally?
An annually held the annual rally of the Nazi Party in Germany, held from 1923 to 1938. They were large Nazi propaganda events, especially after Hitler’s rise to power in 1933.
What was the treaty of Versailles and what were its effects of the treaty of Europe and Germany?
Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918. It was held between Germany and the Allies. The treaty was signed on June 28th 1919 after months of argument and negotiation amongst the so-called Big Three, Great Britan, France and America.
What were the terms of the treaty of Versailles?
Germany’s army was reduced to 10,000 men. Not allowed an Air Force and limited to 6 naval battleships and no submarines. Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war. Responsible for all the war damage caused by the First World War. Therefore, she had to pay reparations, the bulk of which would go to France and Belgium.They had to demilitarise Rhineland. Germany had two choices, accept the conditions or be invaded by the allies.
What and when was the Great Depression?
The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. It crippled many nations economy. In Germany many millions were unemployed and most lost their savings as banks folded. The economic troubles of the 1930s were worldwide in scope and effect. Economic instability led to political instability in many parts of the world. Political chaos, in turn, gave rise to dictatorial regimes such as Adolf Hitler’s in Germany and the military’s in Japan.
How did dictators create a popular image for themselves in Europe?
Germany’s economy was in such a poor state that Hitler’s promise of strong government and stability was widely supported and not least by industrialists. By attacking Jews in the world of business, Hitler appealed to their non-Jewish rivals. By recruiting a large army and building a whole new navy and air force, he would be able to reduce unemployment. With so many people out of work, this was an appealing prospect.
What are the main features of capitalism and communism? What is the appeal for society?
- Self regulating labor market
- Self regulating land market
- Private ownership of capital
- Profit motive drives all transactions
- Free financial market.
Capitalism allows people to strive for excellence and work for theme selves and gain more money than others.
communism- - Government ownes land
- Government ownes capital
- Government allocates all scarce resources.
- Government controls prices for labor and goods.
- True communism(which has never been achieved) all people are considered equal and given a steak in industry ect.
Communism allows equality among all and that people would have a lack of responsibility.
How did the USA and USSR compete during the Cold War?
The Soviet Union and the West did not directly fight against each other in the Cold War, even though they were dangerously close to doing so. Both sides were actively spying on each other in an attempt to gather as much military secrets and other top-secret information as possible about the enemy. The USA and USSR were also locked in competition over developing more deadly weapons than the other side, and in countering the other side’s latest inventions. The technological race between the USA and the Soviet Union wasn’t just on Earth. It also reached into space in what came to be known as the “Space
What part did Australia play in the Cold War?
The Republic of Korea (south) was supported by the United States which persuaded the United Nations to side with her. Australia was one of the 21 members of the United Nations which sent military forces to aid the south
What was the policy known as appeasement?
During the 1930s, Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement - they gave Hitler what he wanted in order to keep the peace. This was the policy of giving Hitler what he wanted to stop him from going to war. It was based on the idea that what Hitler wanted was reasonable and, when his reasonable demands had been satisfied, he would stop.There were many reasons why Chamberlain appeased Hitler, but here are the main ones:
The British people wanted peace - they would not have supported a war in 1938.
Many of Hitler’s complaints appeared reasonable at the time - especially about the Treaty of Versailles.
Chamberlain wanted a strong Germany to serve as a barrier against expansion by communist Russia.
Britain’s armed forces were not ready for a war, and they could not have helped Czechoslovakia anyway.
Many people admired Hitler. In 1938, the American magazine ‘Time’ declared him ‘Man of the Year’.
Chamberlain remembered the slaughter of the First World War; he thought another war would destroy civilisation.
Ally and axis power in ww2
Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) versus Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia).
Read more: World War II (1939–1945) http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html#ixzz3bPFdxUCx
How were Australians affected by the conflict in the Pacific?
Japan entered the war in December 1941 and swiftly achieved a series of victories, resulting in the occupation of most of south-east Asia and large areas of the Pacific by the end of March 1942. Singapore fell in February, with the loss of an entire Australian division. In response to the heightened threat, the Australian government also expanded the army and air force and called for an overhaul of economic, domestic, and industrial policies to give the government special authority to mount a total war effort at home.
What is Dolchstross?
The stab in the back.
Frontstross
Stab from the front
Define reichstag
The reichstag was the name of the German Parliament from 1875-1945.
What is fried corps?
The Freikorps was the name adopted by some right wing nationalists in Weimar Germany after World War One had ended. The Freikorps was effectively a collection of groups as opposed to a cohesive whole but they all shared the same beliefs and objectives. Members of the Freikorps could be described as conservative, nationalistic, anti-Socialism/Communism and once it had been signed, anti-the Treaty of Versailles. Many members of the Freikorps had fought in World War One and had military experience. They did not believe that Germany had suffered a military defeat in World War One and members of the Freikorps were very vocal supporters of the ‘stab-in-the-back’ legend that was eventually taken up by the Nazi Party.
What is egalitation?
States that all humans are equal in social and economic wealth.
What was the Weimar Republic and how did it fail?
The Weimar Republic is a name given by historians to the federal republic and semi-presidential representative democracy established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government. The main reasons for it’s failure were due to the support for Hitler and Nazcism. But people lost faith in the Weimar Republic for other reasons such as the treaty of Versailles and the war reparations that had to be payed. The impact of the Great Depression and the instability it created can also be seen to have contributed to the fall of the Weimar Republic.
What were the causes of World War 1?
Many defence alliances were made meaning if one country went to war the others would join in. The rise of imperialism and militarism also contributed to the war. The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. In June 1914, a Serbian-nationalist terrorist group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to mobilize due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia. Thus began the expansion of the war to include all those involved in the mutual defense alliances.
