Monday - Movie Reviews
Tuesday - Movie
Wednesday - Treaty of Versailles - (Territory) Lost land to Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Poland
(Military) Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men, Germany army wasn't allowed tanks and air force, Only allowed 6 naval ships and no submarines, The Rhineland was made into a demilitarized zone (DMZ), No German soldier or weapon allowed in the DMZ
(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) Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war, Germnay was forbidden to unite with Austria, A League of Nations was set up to keep world 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 belived in the Dolchstoss Theory
Weimar Republic - Germany's democracy after WW1
Adolf Hitler - Came to power because he was appointed by the president
- Born in 1889 in Austria
- Family moved to Germany when he was 3
- Had 5 siblings - 3 died in infancy
- Mom-Klara Dad-Alois
- His brother, Edmund, died in 1900
- After his brother's death, Hitler changed and became more moody and withdrawn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 three of these deaths had a huge impact on the young Hitler
- In Mein Kampf, Hitler said he first became anti-Semitic during his time in Vienna, Austria
Thursday - 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 Austro-Hungarian army in 1914
Moved to Munich, Germany and joined the Germany army when WW1 broke out in 1914
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 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 Party and quickly rose to become the leader
Hitler found out that he had the power of speech and persuasion during this time
Mein Kampf - Famous book written by Hitler
Hitlers 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 - Great Britain - Known as an appeaser
Munich Conference - Chamberlain: "Peace for out time"
- Hitler was given the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia
- Hitler promised that he was done taking over territories
- Hitler wante to re-unite all German speaking people
- Became known as the "Policy of Appeasement"
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia- March, 1939
Soviet-German 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 - No New Notes
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