WW2

WW2

1. Treaty of Versaills

   • AKA: Diktat, Stab in the back
   • Terms of the treaty
     • Germany had to accept the Blame for starting the war
       • AKA: War Guilt Clause
     • Reparations had to be paid
       • £6.6 Million
     • The German army was decreased in numbers
       • Germany was forbidden to have submarines or an air force
       • Could not protect themselves
     • Germany lost land
       • Land was given to:
         • France
         • Britain
         • Poland
         • Denmark
         • Belgium
     • Germany was forbidden to communicate with Austria
     • The Kaiser had to be taken out of power
       • German Emporer

2. Weimar Republic

   • Germany's governmant
     • Set up in 1919
   • Reichstag
     • Germany government building
     • Reichstag Fire
       • A Communist was blamed
         • Marinus van der Lubbe
       • 1933
       • Hitler used this to his advantage
     • Set up in place of the Kaiser

3. Hyperinflation

   • Definition: monetary inflation occurring at a very high rate
   • June 1921 and January 1924
   • Why did it happen?
     • Germany stopped paying reperations
       • The French invaded the Ruhr
         • The Ruhr is where all the natural resources were
         • The German people went on strike
           • The government had to pay the people while on stike
             • They had to print of paper money to support this
               • This is hyperinflation
         • Thinking they could get paid in resources

4. Munich Putsch

   • 1923
   • National Socialist German Workers' Party
     • Later known as Nazi's
     • Lead by Adolf Hitler, with the support of von Ludendorff
       • Arrested for Treason
         • Hitler got sentenced to 5 years in prison
           • He served 8 months
           • He got this sentence because the judge supported him
           • He should have been given the death sentence
         • Von Ludendorff was let off
         • Hitler used the trial to his advantage
           • Publicity
     • Mostly SA troops
   • AKA:Beer Hall Putsch

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   • Formally known as National Socialist German Workers' party
   • Founded by Anton Drexler

6. Adolf Hitler

   • Nazi Party
     • Joined in 1919 as a spy
       • Became leader in 1921
   • Became chancellor in 1933
     • Became President in 1934
       • Naming himself Führer
   • Set up the SA and SS
     • SA
       • Hitler's private army
       • Mainly Freikorps
         • Ex-army
       • Thugs
       • Leader
         • Ernst Röhm
     • SS
       • Lead by Heinrich Himmler
       • Commited most of the exactions of Jews

7. Night of long knives

   • Execution of 500 Nazi left-wing Strasserist faction and some figurehead
   • Ernst Röhm
     • Killed by SS
     • Wanted to merge the SA with army
       • Army didn't want it
         • Hitler wanted army happy
       • Reason for his death
       • Would make him to powerful
         • More powerful than Hitler

8. kristallnacht

   • Happened after a Jew killed a Nazi leader in France
   • Civilians destroyed jewish shops
     • SA out of uniform
     • So that Nazi's weren't to blame
   • AKA: Knight of broken glass

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