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consequences of WW11 for German people

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march 1938

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nazi occupationof czechoslavakia

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what was the policy of appeasement?

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allowing Hitler to expand German territory.

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1st September 1939

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German forces attacked Poland

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blitzkrieg

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lightning war - tactics used by nazis

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may 1940

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French invasion
PHONEY WAR

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by may 1940

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nazis defeated Belgium, France and the Netherlands by may 1940

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when did Germany firstly loose?

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Battle of Britain between July-october 1940

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22nd June 1941

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German invasion of soviet union

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how many nazi soldiers were forced to concentrate on the eastern front?

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AROUND 80%

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dec 1941

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Japanese attack on pearl harbour

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when was the start of Stalingrad battle?

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august 1942

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when was the failure of Stalingrad?

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FEB 1943

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how many were killed at Stalingrad?

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1 million

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when did goebbels announce total war?

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18th February 1943

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15
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when did hitler commit suicide?

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April 1945

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when did Germany surrender?

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may 1945

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some failures;

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1- failure of blitzkrieg tactics to win the east.
2- unpreparedness of German economy to fulfil a war
3-strategic bombinggs of German cities
4- labour shortages from war

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winter 1941

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campaign - donate furs to eastern front

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what was the turnout of this propaganda campaign?

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1.5 million furs donated
67 million garments donated

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films as propaganda-

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kolberg (jan 1945)
goebbels used 187,000 soldiers, 6000 horses and 10,000 uniforms made for the movie.

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propaganda exhibition -

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‘the soviet paradise’
1942
deception of jewish bolsheviks

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when were ration cards first printed?

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1937

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oct 1939

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food and clothes firstly rationed

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1942

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meat was reduced to 300g (from 500g)

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how were jews prejudiced against with ration cards?
they were given less food than aryan people.
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AUSTERITY meaning
the condition of living without unnecessary things and without comfort - established by 1942
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how were German people encouraged to eat?
by trying exotic foods 1- aubergine 2- offal (organs) 3- artichokes
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1939-1941
food consumption dropped by 25% between 1939 and 1941
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winter 1939/1940
rationing coal, fuel and hot water. soap and toilet roll was also
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when were German children evacuated to the countrysides?
by 1940
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what happened to the economy during rationing?
a black market economy and a bartering economy - food and goods were worth more.
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1941
cigarettes and soap were rationed and increasingly difficult to find
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1942
berlin parks were used at vegetable allotments
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1943
berlin zoo was bombed and many people ate the animals
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what were exchange centres?
swap non essential goods (clothes/furniture)
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by 1945
rationing cards were no longer honoured
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may 1942
COLONE BOMBING killed 500 industrial production was back to normal within a fortnight
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24 July - 2nd august 1943
HAMBERG RAID 40,000-50,000 dead 40,000 injured 61% homes detroyed 10% of cities industrial capacity was affected
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by 1944
fear that gas was going to be used also.
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13/14th February 1945
DRESDEN BOMBING 150,000 dead (roughly) 70% of buildings destroyed 35,000 missing
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1933
reich association for air raid precautions formed
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what were bunker mothers?
strong - nerved women put in shelters to calm others down during a raid.
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by 1943
4.5 million people were homeless
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goebbels
only of of nazi leadership to visit devastated cities.
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what % of bombs fell on residential areas?
50%
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what was the decree on enemies of the people?
looting after air raids was illegal and punishable by death.
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may 1940
3.5 million less workers (due to war) than the previous year
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1940
2 million foreign workers
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1942
6.2 million foreign workers
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1944
8 million foreign workers
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what % of foreign workers were on germanys workforce?
21%
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what was the hierarchy of nationality?
foreign workers from France and Belgium worked better than workers from slavic countries
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august 1941
compulsory labour decree for all occupied territories
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were were POW's initially set to work?
on farms quickly moved to munitions industry
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what was the POW death rate like?
3 million / 5.7 million taken
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who realised that workers were only productive if looked after?
SAUCKEL
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jan 1943
women aged 17-45 who were childless were conscripted to work.
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by 1944
women made up 41.5% of the work force
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1939-1941
German expenditure doubled
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todt organisation
notorious for using forced labour (POW's and foreign workers)
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how many forced labourers did todt organisation have?
1.4 million labourers
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what which the todt organisation build>
1- Siegfried line 2- atlantic wall
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1938-1940
1.75 million germans conscripted to work
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dec 1941
fuhrer order
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feb 1942
Speer appointed as todt successor - more successful in a war economy.
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when was total war launched?
feb 1943
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what were SPEERS results within his first 6 months;
1- ammunitions up 97% 2- tank production up 25% 3- total arms production up 59%
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what were SPEERS main ideas?
1- all non- essential buisnesss closed 2- 3 working shifts a day 3- modern methods of mass production

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