May 1st Flashcards
When and where was Hitler born
April 1889 in Austria
What was Hitler like in Highschool
Lonely, isolated and loved art
When did Hitler move to Germany
1913
What did Hitler do as soon as he entered Germany?
Volunteered for service and in the battle of ypres, he was gassed where he got awarded iron cross for bravery
What did Hitler do when Germany lost the war?
He stayed in the army, however he spied on political groups
What did Hitler become interested in after spying on political groups?
German worker party, where he then joined them in 1919 and left the army the next year
What did Hitler change the name of the germ workers party to?
Nationalist socialist party Nazi
What did Hitler try to do when he first joined the Nazi
Tried to cou the government
After Hitler tried to cou the government what did he get punished with?
Five years in prisions and only serves nine months
What was the Mein Kampf
Hitler’s autobiography
What was in Hitler’s auto biography?
4 points
That he wanted to restore Germany he didn’t like foreigners,
pronounced Ariens as the master race his anti-Semitic views 
What is Hitler doing in 1925?
Rebuilds the Nazi party
What happens after Hitler rebuilt the Nazi party?
He convinced everyone he could get them out of the depression and he tried to get elected to parliament, but failed
What is the winning party? Let Hitler do.
Hitler became chancellor and the president died. Hitler took the role and became a Nazi state
What happened to the police when Hitler took over?
 police had free rain because Hitler wanted people to obey through propaganda, fear and terror
What was the Gestapo?
A secret Nazi police with free rein
What is the SS?
Hitler’s bodyguards had to be perfect Ariens
What was Hitlers youth purpose
It aimed to indoctrinate young people with Nazi ideology and prepare them to serve the state
What is an appeasement?
Giving demandes to a potential enemies
What did the war do from Germany towards the other countries?
Broke the treaty of Versailles
What was Blitzkeig
German tactic, lightning warfare, surprise, shock force
What was the third Reich
The new German State
What are step one through five
Step one occupation the Rhineland
to take over of Austria
step three takeover of Czechoslovakia step four shocking alliance
step five invasion of Poland
What happened in step one?
German troops take over the Rhineland breaking the treaty of Versailles French and British didn’t care
What happened in step two
Now Hitler walked into Austria and threatened them. Hitler would protect them against communists 
What happened in Step 3
Hitler wanted Sudetenland of industry French and British refused to help protect it
What was the Munich agreement?
Chamberlain leader of the British created a peace treaty to not take all of Czechoslovakia and in 1939 Hitler broke the treaty
What was step four
Hitler hated communists and in 1939 Germany and Russia a communist country agreed to not fight for 10 years. They agreed to help each other conquer and split the land.
What happened in step five
Hitler wants to take over Poland when the allies threatened to go to war with Hitler. If he invades Hitler thought it was an empty threat and Germany and Russia and Poland and Britain and France go to the Belgian border Hitler horrified
What was the M’agiote line?
Defence wall, the French set up along Germany  where it was stronger and Switzerland where it was weaker
What was the phoney war?
 nothing really happened because Germany wanted to avoid a war with France. Hitler spread propaganda about France.
Take over Denmark
Nazis wanted to control Denmark further resources and took it under six hours
Take over Norway
Norway gave Germany, airports and airports, which Germany took advantage of and snuck weapons to take over Norway
What was the hinge on the M’agiote line?
The line that was dense forest on the side of France were Germany snuck through
Swinging the gate to Belgium
Using Blitzkreig Germany took over Belgium in two days for the Allied forces were forced to move up
Swinging the gates to the Netherlands
Germany attacked by air, threatened the Netherlands and Netherlands after four days surrendered Germany bombed anyway
Swinging the gate through France
 Germany attacked through the hinge in the m’agiote line. France asked Winston for help Germany eventually pushed through.
How did Germany soldiers fight for so long at a time?
Pervitian, which is crystal meth, reckless behaviors, lack of empathy increases mental ability
Dunkirk and rescue
How many soldiers or British fleets rescued them before Germans finished off the army 
When did WW2 start
September 1st 1939-1945
