Week of March 19- March 23

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Monday- movie summaries

Tuesday- watched movie

Wednesday- finished movie and started Germany powerpoint

Treaty of Versailles- ended WW1. The map of Eorope changed a lot after the war.

• Territorial
• The following land was taken away from Germany:
  • Alsace-Lorraine
  • Eupen and Malmedy
  • Northern Schelswig
  • Hultshchin
  • West Prussia, Posen and Upper Silesia
  • THe LEague of Nations also took control of Germany's overseas colonies.
• Military
  • Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men;
  • German army was not allowed tanks
  • Germany was not allowed to have an air force
  • Germany was allowed only 6 capital naval ships and no submarines. 
  • The Rhineland was made into a demilitarized zone(DMZ)
    • No German soldier or weapon was allowed into this zone.
    • The Allies (GB/France) were to keep an army of occupation on the west bank of the Rhine fro 15 years.
• Financial 
  • the loss of territory was a severe blow to Germany's economy
    • coal from the Saar and Upper Silesia in particular
  • Germany had to pay $33 billion to the Allies(GB/France)
• General
  1. Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war
     • This was Clause 231- the infamous "War Guilt Clause"
  2. Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria
  3. A League of Nations was set up to keep would peace

The German Reaction to the Treaty of Versailles-

• There was anger throughout Germany when the terms were made public
• The Treaty was seen by many Germans as being forced on them and the Germans had no choice but to sign it
• German representatives in Paris knew that they had no choice as Germany was incapable of restarting the war again
• Many right wing groups such as the Nazis believed in the Dolchstoss Theory(Stab in the Back Theory)

Weimar Republic-

• Germany's new form of government
• Hitler was appointed by the president and was made Chanacellor(head of government.

Adolf Hitler-

• Born in 1889 in Austria
• Family moved to Germany when he was three. Moved back to try and get into art school- he did not get in
• Had five siblings- 3 died in infancy
• Mom-Klara/  Dad-Alois
• His brother, Edmund, died in 1900
• After his brother's death, Hitler changed and become more moody and withdrawn
• Had more issues at school and with his dad
• His dad died in 1903 and his mom died in 1907
• All 3 of these deaths had a guge impact on the young Hitler
• In Mein Kampf, Hitler said he first became anti-Semitic during his time in Vienna, Austria

Thursday- continued Germany Powerpoint

Vienna, Austria-1905-1913-

• Hitler failed to get into the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna two different times
• Started selling paintings in the streets of Vienna
• Failed his examination to get into the Austrio-Hungarian army in 1914
• Moved to Munich to join the German army

Hitler in WW1-

• Hitler was wounded twice while serving
  • Injured by a shell explosion
  • Temporarily blinded by a mustard gas attack
• There is a story that Hitler could have been shot by the French soldier, Henry Tandy, but was spared

After WW1-

• Hitler starts spying on the new Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party(Nazi) for the German military
• Hitler quickly realized that this group discussed topics that he believed in 
• Hitler dropped out of the military and joined the Nazi Pary and quickly rose to become the leader
• Hitler found out that he had the power of speech and persuasion during this time

Beer Hall- 1923- He heard about what Mussalini did and wanted to do it as well. He stormed a beer hall but it did not work. The police in Munich stopped them, killed many of them, and put Hitler in prision. He was sentenced for 6 years but served 9 months for good behavior. 

Hitler's Rise to Power-

• Hitler is appointed Chancellor in 1933
• President Paul von Hindenburg dies shortly after and Hitler dissolves the Weimer Republic
• Early Actions of Hitler:
  • Drops out of the League of Nations
  • Starts rearming Germany
  • Rearms the German Rhineland area

Neville Chamberlain(leader of GB) Known as one of the weakest leaders 

Munich Conference--Chamberlain:"Peace for our time"

• Hitler was given the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia
• Hitler promised that he was done takingover territories
• Hitler wanted to re-unite all German speaking peopel
• Became known as the "Policy of Appeasement" 

Winston Chruchill- opposed appeasement

Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia- March 1939

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact- 

• Russia gave raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons
• Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war
• Secretly agreed to invade and split Poland. Germany would get the western half and USSR the eastern half
• Russia would get Finland, Estonia and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania

Friday- finalized registrations and reviewed notes