Account for the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 The outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 did not arise as a result of any one single event‚ but rather as a product of interconnected long term and short term issues. Early Nazi propaganda‚ the German policy of ‘Brinkmanship’ and the British policy of ‘appeasement’ resulted in a situation in which war was inevitable. Historians differ in opinions as to whether the outbreak of war in September 1939 was planned by the Nazi party‚ earlier than expected
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History Study Notes Topic - Holocaust The Holocaust! Topic 1: Term 1! ! ! ASSESSMENT 1: WEEK 5 (25 FEBRUARY)! Stage 1: Discrimination (1933-1939)! ! Period in which Nazis excluded Jews from all aspects of life via a range of social policies and legislative changes. In doing so they also dehumanised them and made them scapegoats of the Nazi regime.! ! ! - Hatred of Jews = anti-Semitism ! ! Key Features! ! Social Discrimination! - Gradual process of discrimination
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Nazi ideology was a combination of passionate nationalism and bitter racism. Adolf Hitler‚ the driving force of Nazism and the chancellor of Germany‚ along with propaganda figureheads such as Joseph Goebbels employed several tactics in order to make the rise of a Nazi Germany unavoidable. Hitler’s increase in support from the German people between 1926-1945 resulted directly from a propaganda campaign that would control the minds of German youth‚ persuade the people of the country to support his
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Hitler believed in German romanticism. In Mein Kampf he explained that Aryan people were connected to the land in a unique blood right relationship‚ one in which the Aryan people served as the master race. To achieve his goal of uniting Aryans in the home land‚ Hitler had to expand German territory
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Adolf. "Mein Kampf‚ by Adlf Hitler." Adolf Hitler. Hitler Historical Museum . 6 Feb 2008 <http://www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/>. Hoffmann‚ Peter. "Hitler‚ Adolf." World Book Online Reference Center. 2008. West High Library. 6 Feb. 2008 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar258000>. Kornblum‚ Aaron T. "Concentration camp." World Book Online Reference Center. 2008. West High Library. 6 Feb. 2008 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar128020>. McKale‚ Donald M. "Mein Kampf." World
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goals‚ to exploit their weakness and used situations in his advantage‚ which then resulted in the Second World War. While some may agree to this stand‚ others argue that Hitler intended a major war right from the beginning as seen from his book Mein Kampf and later on
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WWII Reading Questions http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=15&smtID=2 1. Who was Joe Louis‚ why is he important‚ and why did he help to increase black enlistment into the military? He was important because he defeated a white boxer and encouraged blacks to enlist in the army 2. What was the first concentration camp and when was it set up? Dachau‚ 1933 3. What groups of people were targeted during the Holocaust? Jews‚ Gypsies‚ Polish Catholic‚ Russians‚ mentally and physically
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German society changed enormously as a result of the war. During the war the percentage of women in the workforce had risen to 37%. The food shortages across Germany led to a web of new views. As a result extremist views‚ such as communism‚ became widely supported‚ particularly in the industrial cities. Also‚ the German economy had suffered terribly during the war. Industrial output fell by over 40% between 1914 and 1918. WW1 negatively affected Germany by putting it in Social political and economic
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Prior to the 1800’s the Jews were persecuted for their religious beliefs. After the 1800’s they were looked upon as the killer of Jesus‚ and was subjected to punishment by local governments‚ religious leaders‚ and dictators. One of the monumental blows dealt to the Jews was in 586 B.C.E. It was then that the Jews were exiled in Babylonia by the conquering King‚ Nebuchadnezzar II. There exile would last almost fifty years. In 167 B.C.E. the ruler Antiochus IV took over the Jewish temple with the
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could enter Russia and form an Indian independence Army to oust the British. His efforts failed‚ and he ended up as an ’Italian diplomat’‚ "Orlando Mazzotta"‚ with an office in Germany. He managed to convince the Nazis‚ despite Hitler’s views in Mein Kampf‚ that he preferred India to remain colonized under the British. Nevertheless he was permitted to recruit Indian-born British Army POWs‚ and this is how the movement began. He secretly married his Austrian secretary‚ Emilie Schenkl‚ and earned the
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