WW2 Flashcards
Known as
Bloodiest war
Most costly in
human life
Lasted
6 years and 1 day
Spanned across
five continents
estimated cost is
1.6 Trillion dollars.
Causes
Germany and the Treaty of Versailles
The Great Depression
Failure of Appeasement Policy
Rise of Ideologies and Extremist political leaders
Germany was furious because.
of the punishments it received such as reparations and territorial reduction
German government from 1919 to 1933.
Weimar government
Why weimar is name
It is so called because the assembly that adopted its constitution met at Weimar from February 6 to August 11, 1919.
assumed the power in the beginning of 1930s and promised to destroy the treaty they believed to be unfair for them.
Hitler
economic crisis in which the US stock market crashed. Production fell, many lost their jobs, and economic systems were thrown into disarray
Great Depression
allows Hitler to expand territories with being unchecked.
Appeasement Policy is term called that
Reasons of appeasement policy
France and Britain wanted to avoid war because they learned from the horrors of WW1.
Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war
welfare of the government is more important than the welfare of the people
Fasicism
the government has absolute power over all aspects of the citizens’ lives.
Totalitariannism
