September 1939 war breaks out in Europe. On the first of September Germany invades Poland‚ stating that the Polish were carrying out sabotage operations against German troops on the border. A couple days later Germany was given an ultimatum by Britain to not invade Poland or they would go to war. Ignoring the ultimatum Britain proceeds with Australia‚ Canada‚ New Zealand‚ and South Africa all declaring war on the Nazi’s. This ended with the Western Allies to create a naval blockade hoping to damage
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The Treaty of Versailles consisted of three main points. These points were: 1.German loss of territory Germany lost territory both in Europe and Africa. In Europe‚ Germany lost territory in the north to set up new states in Poland‚ Lithuania‚ Estonia‚ and Latvia. Germany had annexed these states from Russia just a year earlier. German land in East Prussia‚ Posten and Upper Silesia was also taken away and given to Poland‚ giving the Poles access to the sea. The Rhineland was demilitarised as a buffer
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Propaganda in Germany During WWII Prior to WWII‚ the Nazi Party was not a favourable one of the people residing in Germany. It was not until 1933‚ when Hitler came into power‚ that the Nazi Party was elected into the government. Many historians question how it was possible for such a violent and discriminatory party to have taken power. The reason is simple. Propaganda had a significant role in the entire Nazi Party campaign. Propaganda is how Hitler managed to keep his people loyal and his party
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The Holocaust was a time of unrelenting horrors and will never cease to represent the terror that we can accomplish if there is no one there to stop it. The general public of Germany went through stages of understanding what was happening in their countries. People accepted the propaganda given to them‚ boycotted what they considered unjust‚ and took actions against the unfair prejudices taken against certain groups. The German officials took drastic measures to ensure that the general public would
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racist to others nations. Ultra nationalism can cause war‚ succession and genocide. Throughout history‚ we have experienced ultra nationalism and all its negative effects‚ whether it was Russia under Joseph Stalin or the well known Holocaust in Nazi Germany. Ultra nationalism develops from nationalism‚ as previously discussed but it doesn’t just instantaneously develop. Generally it requires various factors and events combined to transform nationalism into ultra nationalism such as social and economic
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Assignment-Totalitarian Society 1. The Nazi Germany A) The government was formed promising the public‚ a cleansing of the people by removing the Jews and keeping the purest form of blood by practicing “Aryanism”. B) The society was an “Anti-Jew” society where the teachers were supposed to be a part of the Nazi society and education was banned for the Jews. Hitler and the government oppressed the religious groups and removed almost all the Protestant Churches in the Nazi Germany. The Government led a strong
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The relationship between Nazi Germany and the USSR became strained as soon as Hitler came to power in 1933. The Nazi and Soviet ideologies were almost exactly opposite‚ Germany‚ a fascist country which believed in a superior race‚ and the USSR‚ a socialist country who believed in the equality for all. Additionally‚ one of Germany’s “aims” was to gain living space in the east‚ the USSR. A pending invasion from Germany strained the relationship between the two political leaders‚ Hitler and Stalin (Todd
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World War I and World War II had major impacts on the relationship between America and Germany. Though the relationship is stronger today‚ there was animosity between the two nations in the early and mid 1900s‚ commencing with World War I. With the Zimmermann Telegram as the turning point for the cause of the animosity‚ Germany and the United States had an acute relationship which led to the declaration of war in 1917 during World War I‚ leading to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Unrestricted
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Versailles on Germany (9 marks) The Treaty of Versailles was the Peace Settlement between the Allies and Germany at the end of the First World War. The German authorities had little choice but to accept the treaty. The treaty rules were harsh and affected Germany negatively. One of the main effects the treaty had on Germany was the fact they had to admit and put their hands up to being responsible for causing the war. The effect that this had was that everyone was going to hate Germany but also the
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Gustave Stresemann had a lot of influence over Germany in the period between 1923 and 1929. Though he was only chancellor for a short while he occupied other very important positions such as Germany’s Foreign Minister. Before Stresemann took charge in 1923 the Weimar Republic had many problems. In 1922 the government declared that they could no longer pay reparations to France due to severe economic problems. The French responded to this by sending 60‚000 French and Belgian troops to invade the
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