and World War II (1939-1945) was considered as one of the most unstable period in world’s history. Europe faced after the First World War an entirely new stage‚ devastation was a massive issue and found almost everywhere after war and after the loss of three important empires: the German‚ the Ottoman‚ and the Austria-Hungarian empires. Viewing the political map of Europe shortly after World War I it is noticeable that there were only two countries with no democracy in 1919‚ those two countries were
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led by Adolf Hitler was growing quite rapidly and gained a mass amount of political support. The party encouraged German pride and racism (mainly anti semitism). There was resentment toward the Treaty of Versailles and its terms also. The Great Depression started around the world‚ which had hyperinflation and a large unemployment rate. Hitler utilized this opportunity blame the Jewish people and used them as scapegoats. He condemned them for all of Germany’s faults. In 1933‚ Hitler was appointed
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Why was Hitler able to Dominate Germany by 1934? World War one had left Germany in an unstable state. Large amounts of the state budget had been spent on war pensions‚ one of the factors contributing to Germany being virtually bankrupt. The war had deepened divisions in the German society‚ many workers were bitter because of restrictions placed on their wages. Germany could not start to recover and gain power again because it had reparations to pay due to the treaty of Versailles. The Weimar republic
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Account for the failure/collapse of democracy in Germany in the period of 1918-1933 The collapse of the Weimar democracy in 1933 cannot be attributed to one event‚ but more a multiplicity of factors that were involved in upsetting of the Republic’s equilibrium which made it vulnerable to sudden shock. It can be partially blamed on the shaky foundations and inherent flaws within the constitution‚ making the Republic susceptible to future problems and the Nazi takeover. Opposition and violence made
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Was Hitler So Popular In Germany? In this essay‚ I will be exploring the reasons why Adolf Hitler became so popular in Germany. I will reflect back on his promises to German citizens whilst also looking at his visions of the perfect world and how he thought he could achieve it. The first reason the Germans loved Hitler was because of how much they hated the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler promised Germany he would tear it up. The Treaty of Versailles was a signed agreement between the powers. This
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Nazi Germany under the leadership of Hitler soon became a dictatorship. A dictatorship requires one person and one party to be in control of a nation and a climate of fear - this was provided by Himmler’s SS. Personal freedom disappeared in Nazi Germany. When Hitler was appointed chancellor on January 30th 1933‚ it was at the head of a coalition government. It was very clear in his mind that it would not remain this way for long. By the end of March 1933‚ he had acquired much greater powers than
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To what extent did Witte’s Policies develop Russia? Sergei Witte was the Minister of Finance in Russia in from 1892 to 1903. He desperately wanted to bring Russia‚ metaphorically‚ ‘out of the dark ages’ by bringing it up to speed‚ so that it would eventually reach a level of modernisation where it could go head to head with the advanced countries further west. He believed Russia first needed to attain capital investment in the industrial sector‚ increase urban workers (Proletariat)‚ attract foreign
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the 1st August‚ Germany declared war on Russia‚ while the French soldiers were put on a war alert on the following day. On the 3rd‚ Germany declared war on France and invaded through the neutral Belgium‚ which caused Britain to declare war on Germany on the 4th. Finally‚ Austria declared war on Russia on the 6th‚ completing the outset of World War One‚ the bloodiest war fought yet in history due to the huge advances in weapons and technology. Many countries were involved‚ Germany being one of them
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Before Hitler was leading the Germans and the Axis powers in WW2‚ he was defying the treaty of Versailles and committing crimes to try to get Germany back to its former glory. Even though Hitler was committing all these crimes‚ the League of Nations was not doing anything to stop him. This allowed Hitler to keep doing what he was doing. All of this made Germany more powerful. Also‚ the fear of war forced the League of Nations to make decisions that they probably would not have made if they were
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Why did Hitler become Chancellor? Many Historians agree the key event of Hitler´s rise to power was his appointment of Chancellor the 30th of January 1933 by the former German President von Hindenburg‚ who ruled the country since 1925 and was reelected in 1932. Although in the elections of July 1932 Hitler won 37.5% of the parliamentary seats (230)‚ making the Nazi party the largest in the Reichstag‚ whereas he should have been Chancellor‚ he did not rise to power‚ as Hindenburg did not appoint
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