Hitler’s actions were seen as understandable and justifiable. The most notable example of appeasement was the Munich Agreement of September 1938. The Munich Agreement‚ signed by the leaders of Germany‚ Britain‚ France and Italy‚ agreed that the Sudetenland would be returned to Germany and that no further territorial claims would be made by Germany. The Czech government was not invited to the conference and protested about the loss of the Sudetenland. *
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Pre-1933: Locarno Conference 1925 ∙ Italy hoped it would guarantee Austria as its frontier but it did not Comintern ∙ Communists International aimed to create the vision Marx had had of an international communist power ruling the world ∙ Headed by Stalin 1933: Rise of Hitler‚ wanted to: destroy the Versailles settlement build up the army recover lost territory Lebensraum (living space for the German people) Hitler withdrew Germany from World Disarmament
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a perfect situation for an extremist leader to present to the desperate people a revolutionary solution and to take power by force. In order to strengthen the appeal to the desperate German people‚ along with his two thousand men marching through Munich‚ Hitler called to German war hero‚ General Ludendorff‚ to march along with him. Hitler’s main plan relied on forcing Government officials to march with him; however‚ the triumvirate of government official leaders had kept loyal to the government
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size of military‚ navy‚ air force etc... ● Reintroduce conscriptions ● Stop paying reparations ● Colonies/empire ● Germany powerful Hitler’s Foreign Policy:Early Phase 1933-1936 ● League of Nations hold ’Disarmament Conference’ ● France refuses to reduce armaments ● Germany leaves League of Nations (Oct 1933) ● ● Germany and Poland sign 10 year non-agression pact (Jan 1934) This breaks the alliance between Poland and France ● Austrian Nazis
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Name_______________________________________ Date____________________________ DBQ 21: Causes of World War II (Adapted from Document-Based Assessment for Global History‚ Walch Education) Historical Context: Even though the 1920’s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ toward the end of the decade and throughout the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither
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(http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/25points.asp ) (5 April 2013). Hitler‚ Adolf‚ Mein Kampf (14th ed.‚ Munich‚ 1932)‚ [Translated by Richard S Kershaw‚ Ian‚ Hitler‚ the Germans‚ and the Final Solution‚ (New Haven‚ 2008). Kershaw‚ Ian‚ Profile in Power Hitler‚ (UK‚ 1991). Mazower‚ Mark‚ Dark Continent: Europe’s Twentieth Century (London‚ 1999). The History Place‚ Holocaust Timeline‚ Wannsee conference‚ (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wannsee.htm) (5 April 2013). [ 3 ]. Eberhard Jäckel
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World Economic Conference- London‚ 1933. Roosevelt went off the gold standard and said they were going to make payments‚ limit loans to end cycle‚ and the negotiations in 1933 fell apart because other nations were not willing to move away from backings of gold and silver
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Report on the International Situation to the Cominform Andrei Zhdanov‚ September 22‚ 1947 ________________________________________ The fundamental changes caused by the war on the international scene and in the position of individual countries has entirely changed the political landscape of the world. A new alignment of political forces has arisen. The more the war recedes into the past‚ the more distinct becomes two major trends in postwar international policy‚ corresponding to the division
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re-occupation of Rhineland. Also‚ neither the British nor France did anything decisive to stop the Anschluss. The ultimate act of appeasement was the Munich Conference where Chamberlain was so desperate to avert war that he simply let Hitler occupy the Sudentenland. In fact‚ he was so pleased with his ‘achievement’ that when he arrived back in Britain after the conference‚ he waved the
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14-37: Describe and state the historical significance of the following: 14. London Economic Conference 15. Good Neighbor policy 16. Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act 17. Nazi party 18. Rome-Berlin axis 19. invasion of Ethiopia 20. “merchants of death” 21. Neutrality Acts 22. Spanish Civil War 23. "China incident" 24. “Quarantine Speech” 25. the Holocaust 26. Kristallnacht 27. Munich conference 28. Nazi-Soviet Pact 29. “cash-and-carry” 30. “phony war” 31. Committee to Defend America
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