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What was Hitler’s foreign policy?

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destroy/undo the treaty of Versailles
unite all German speaking people
Get living space for Germany
Make Germany self sufficient - increase military and production

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What happened when Hitler re armed and left the league of nations?

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HE left the league and reamred Germany - broke the terms of the treaty of Versailles. The league should of intervene but britan and france where weak as a result of the wall street crash and the league did not have an army.

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What happened when Hitler signed the Nazi-soviet pact in 1939?

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Hitler made a deal with the USSR where they agreed to not attack each other and to invade Poland and split it between them.

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When did Briton declare war on Germany?

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3rd of September 1939

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What was the Munich agreement?

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When Chamberlin and Hitler agreed he could have the Sudetenland but was not allowed to threaten the peace of Europe.

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What was Chamberlin’s reasons for appeasement?

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Briton was not ready for war (had its own economic problems)
The USA will not support Briton if we stand up to Hitler
The treaty of Versailles was unfair

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what happened in Germany in July 1932?

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the Nazis where the larges party but Hindenburg would not make him chancellor
the current chancellor had no support in the Reichstag

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what happened in Germany in November 1932?

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Hitler was still the largest party but was losing votes and running out of funds

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what happened in Germany in January 1933?

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Hitler was appointed chancellor

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what was the Reichstag fire?

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the Reichstag building was caught on fire and Hitler was graunteed emergency powers. Hitler was able to ban other party’s, arrest communist and become a dictator

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what was the enabling act?

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it means he could pass any law because he got the majority

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what was the night of long knives?

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Hitler killed Ern Rohm - the leader of the SA and eliminated other political opponents.

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What did Goebbels do with propaganda in radio?

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he made cheap radios available
listening to the BBC was punishable by death
he placed loud speaker in public spaces and often repeated Nazi speeches

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what did Goebbels do with propaganda in Films?

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very popular at the time
Goebbels said that all films had to be pro Nazi
he censored foreign films

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what did Goebbels do with propaganda in posters?

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Goebbels out posters everywhere proclaiming the success of Hitler and the Nazis

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what did Goebbels do with propaganda in art?

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only Nazi approved painters could show their work

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what did Goebbels do with propaganda in music?

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banned jazz music

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what did Goebbels do with propaganda in newspapers?

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Jewish journalists and editors were fired

no anti-Nazi ideas

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what did Goebbels do with propaganda in books?

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no books could be published without Goebbels permission

many high profile book burnings

20
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what is volksgemeinschaft?

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the encouragement of a belief that Germans belong to a superior Aryan race and as such were together in creating a superior society, individuals would be loyal to the Fuhrer and country before anything else and identify as German rather than a particular job

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what were Hitler’s 4 aims to achieve before he went to war?

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Hitler wanted to make Germany self-sufficient so that it did not have to rely on other countries
Hitler promised to solve unemployment
The Nazis wanted to control the workers and their leisure time
The German economy needed to be ready for war

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what did Hitler do to make Germany more self-sufficient?

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a four year plan was drawn up in 1936 with the aim of making Germany self-sufficient in four years
the Nazis invaded countries with raw materials and food

23
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what did Hitler do to solve unemployment?

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many people were sent to labour camps and concentration camps but were not recorded as unemployed
public works programmes were organised by the German Labour Front

24
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what did Hitler do to control the workers and their leisure time?

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a branch of the German Labour Front called strength through joy organised peoples leisure activities so that free time is not wasted

25
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what did Hitler do to be ready for war?

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Hitler introduced conscription - the army grew massively

26
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how did the church react to Nazi ideology?

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critized the Nazis for killing the mentally and physically ill
detained by the Gestapo and placed in concentration camps
protestant were treated worse

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How did the army react to the Nazi ideology?

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attempt to kill Hitler - at least 5 times - all failed

1944 bombing attempt, resulted in a purge of officers

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how did the Nazi party effect farmers?

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series of measures to help them - guaranteed prices

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how did the Nazi party effect small businesses?

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struggle - not essential manufacturing

30
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how did the Nazi party effect luxury businesses?

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Hitler thought luxuries were unnecessary

31
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how did the Nazi party effect big businesses?

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they did not have to worry about trade unions and strikes

some company’s gained massive government contracts

32
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where did Hitler stay towards the end of the war?

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a bunker

33
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what were the problems for allied forces in Germany?

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economy destroyed
no government
12 - 14 million German speaking refugees

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what were the problems that east and west Germany had to deal with after WW2?

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economy has collapsed
there is no one to run the country
coming to terms with the past

35
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what did the allies do after WW2 in germany

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denazifacation

36
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make flashcards on resistant groups that the nazis faced

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