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TUESDAY- movie
WEDNESDAY - Swastika -Nazi symbol sign -taking over countries, holocaust, hate symbol
Treaty of Versailles -ended WWII
-Map in Europe changed. Germany was split up
-Territorial
-Land was taken away from Germany
Frace, Czechosloviakia, Belgium, Denmark, Poland
Military
-reduced to 100,000 men
-not allowed tanks
-not allowed to have an air force
- 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 were to keep an army of occupation on the west bank of the Rhine for 15 years
-back down give Hitler what he wants, he'll stop asking
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) -money meant nothing anymore
General
-Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war (War Guilt Clause)
-Germany 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 was incapable of restarting the war again
-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)
-Blamed the "Novermber Criminals" (the Weimer Republic) for accepting treaty
Weimar Republic - new democracy set up in germany after WW1 (in a bad depression) (struggled to make country strong)
Hitler was appointed from the president to be the chancellor
Adolf Hitler
-born in 1889 in Austria
-Family moved to Germany when he was 3
-Had 5 siblings -three 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-After his brother's death, Hitler changed and became more moody and withdrawn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
-Hitler Struggled in School
THURSDAY-
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 inot the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914
-Moved to Munich, Germany and joined the Germany army when WWI broke out in 1914
Hitler in WWI
-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 hace been shot by the French soldier, Henry Tandy, but was spread
After WWI
-Hitler starts spying on the new Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi) for the German military
-Hitler quicks realized that this group discussed topics that he believed in
-Hitler dropped out of the military and jined 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
Beer Hall Putsch -1923
Hitler's Trial for treason -1924
Hitler in Prison -Sentenced for 5 years but he got out in 9 months
Hitler 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
Anschluss with Austria -1938
Sudetenladn Crisis -1938 "Re-uniting German speaking peoples"
Munich Conference
-Neville Chamberlain -Great Britain (worst leader) "Peace for our time"
-Hitler was given the Sudetenland of Czechoslovia
-Hitler promised that he was done taking over territories
-Hitler wanted to re-unite all German speaking people
-Became known as the "Policy of Appeasement"
-Thinks he stopped a war
Winston Churchill -Opposed Appeasement (criticized)
Winston seems like he wants war since he doesn't want to appease someone who wants everything
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovia -March 1939
Czech President Hacha's Meeting with Hitler -March 1939
-tells president that he better give him Czech or Hitler will invade in a couple hours (Hacha's fainted)
Soviet German Non-Aggression Pact
-Russia gave raw materials to German in exchange for money and weapons
-Bothe agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war
-Secretly agreed ot 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-
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