Was Hitler to blame for WW2? (10 marks) Hitler’s aims were aggressive. He planned to destroy the treaty of Versailles‚ create a country of all German people and conquer land in Eastern Europe. But many other factors are thought to be the main reason war broke out in 1939. Hitler’s aims were aggressive and he made this aims very clear in his book ‘Mein Kampf’ (my struggle). To test the courage of the British and French to stand up to Hitler on an important matter of principle‚ Hitler announced
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In the early 1930s‚ the Nazi Party 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
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There is no doubt that propaganda was essential in unifying Germany throughout the 1930s. Propaganda promoted patriotism‚ unity and ultimately support for the war by glorifying the German population and Hitler himself. However‚ the New Germany Hitler envisioned did not always correlate with that of the people’s and in many cases simple means such as propaganda was not enough to convince and obtain the needed support‚ resulting in the accumulation of other approaches including intimidation‚ violence
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How and why did Hitler gain power in Germany by 1933? Following the collapse of the Weimar government‚ Hitler managed to gain dictatorship over Germany by 1936. In fact it took Hitler just around 18 months‚ between February 1933 and August 1934‚ so how did Hitler gain autocracy over Germany so quickly? I am going to start with how the Germans had fear of Germany becoming a communist country like Russia. At the end of the war‚ many people hoped that democracy would spread to most countries of
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Hitler was a good man. There are facts in today’s society which portray Hitler as a physiological maniac. This‚ one might argue is true‚ and a discussion for another day. However‚ the facts which portray Hitler as an evil man in unconceivable ways such as a pure hatred for the Jews as well as a mad obsession with obliterating every country within Europe. Germany after the backdrop of World War 1 was an extremely deindustrialised country‚ with much of its money being used for payments to foreign powers
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What methods did the Nazis use to gain support? The nazis used many techniques to gain support in Germany‚ the main way that they did this was through the many strands of propaganda. One of the strands was Nazi rallies and Hitler’s speeches; these speeches were one of the main reasons as to why the Nazi party rose to power‚ Hitler was an incredibly good orator‚ this meant that he gave very powerful speeches that expressed his emotions and related to the emotions of those in the audience. In fact
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IB ToK II 2 December 2014 Why was Hitler defeated? There were many factors why Hitler was defeated‚ the most important being the entry of the US into war in 1942 and the fact that Germany was fighting a 3 front war. By 1940‚ Germany had already gained control of all of Western Europe and was winning the majority of battles against the Soviey Union in the Eastern front. Only Britain hadn’t been invaded and was fighting against Germany. The
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history is whether or not Hitler was a good leader; to this I say he wasn’t. During Hitler’s reign of power‚ more like reign of terror‚ he may have brought success to the world but none of it can undo his damage; none can ever compensate for the lives he took. Hitler was a terrible leader in that he manipulated the young‚ he was very hypocritical‚ and he caused the Jewish Holocaust. Hitler may have done more damage than good; however‚ he did know what he was doing. Hitler knew he needed supporters
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Sophist‚ more specifically of corruption of the youth and impiety. Charged with these crimes for two different reasons‚ one‚ being misunderstood by the people he had questioned over the years as to his motivation. They felt he was questioning their beliefs and values. This made them angry and out of resentment took these charges out. The other reason is they were trying to degrade him and throw a bad light on him in the cities eyes since they felt this is what he had done to them by questioning their intelligence
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In this essay I will be answering the following questions; What group of people were targeted by the Nazis for extermination? Why did they pick this particular ethnic group? What methods did they use in carrying out their goals? What were some of the significant events during this period of time from 1933 to 1945? What other groups did the Nazis persecute as well? Were the Nazis successful in their goal? Provide at least two names of individuals whose personal stories you read from the United States
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