WW2, GERMANY, HITLER AND CHURCHHILL Flashcards
First topic: HOW DID HITLER COME TO POWER
What was the Weimar Republic?
The name given to the government of Germany between ww1 and nazi rule
First topic: HOW DID HITLER COME TO POWER
What was going on economically in Weimar Germany??
Hyperinflation
First topic: HOW DID HITLER COME TO POWER
What rule did the parliament follow and why was this bad?
Proportional representation: negative coilitions were formed
First topic: HOW DID HITLER COME TO POWER
Give 4 reasons for nazi success:
-Hitler was a good orater- used on radio, TV etc.
-Clever propaganda led by goebbels
-they offered support for farmers, middle class, businessmen and offered aid for the unemployed
-violent treatment of their opponents
First topic: HOW DID HITLER COME TO POWER
Give 4 reasons of the Weimar governments mistakes
-agreeing to the treaty of Versailles
-the reichstag met very few times (only 5 days in 1932)
- elections were called in 1930
- They couldn’t solve unemployment