G. R. A. S. P. The Darkening Storm The Darkening Storm over Europeover Europe

World War IWorld War I

1918 – Defeat of Germany

Treaty of Versailles and War Guilt Clause

Economic Hardships “Stabbed in the Back

Legend ”– German soldiers did not

lose the war, but those on the Home Front did. • Democrats

• Socialists• Jews

The Promise of a German Utopia German Workers

Party Nationalist Socialist

Workers Party This party provided

something for everyone

“Make Germany Great Again”

The Hitler MovementThe Hitler Movement Oratory Organization Propaganda The Fuhrer

“…“…barking barking gunpowder…”gunpowder…”

NAZI Terror Tactics NAZI Terror Tactics

The Sturmabteilung or SA

1921 Political Arm of the Party = thugs

Brown Shirts Roman Salute Mein Kampf

The NAZI IdeologyThe NAZI Ideology Brutal Social Darwinism Constant racial war for

“living space” Superior Race = Aryan

Race = blond, tall, honest, good, creative, healthy, strong

Racial Utopia achieved from within

NAZI PROPAGANDANAZI PROPAGANDA Mass meetings Coordinated marching Youthful (29 years) Joseph Goebbels

Dachau “re-education” campDachau “re-education” camp

NAZI Party TimelineNAZI Party Timeline

1930: 2nd largest political party

1932: largest party 1933: Hitler

Chancellor and Nazi’s in power

1934: 85% of voters approved of Nazi’s

SA = 4 million men

G. R. A. S. G. R. A. S. P. P. G – German Rearmament

1936: Hitler’s Four-Year Plan– the illegal rebuilding of military

1939: FULL-employment in Germany– A NAZI Utopia

Vast Public Works– Autobahn and Volkswagen and

Volksempfänger

German Rearmament

A Review of German Troops, 1939

Hitler Builds His Hitler Builds His War MachineWar Machine

German Aggression

German Aggression 1936-1939

G. R. A. S. G. R. A. S. P.P. R – Rhineland – Hitler illegally

puts troops in the Rhineland (East of Germany) 1936

G. R. A. S. G. R. A. S. P.P. A – Austria.

Hitler annexed Austria, 1936

G. R. A. S. G. R. A. S. P.P. S – Sudetenland. (Part of Czechoslovakia) is

given to Hitler at Munich Conference 1938

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The Munich Agreement

Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement

The Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement

“It was like giving a cannibal a finger in the hopes of saving

an arm.”

Further German Aggression

Polish city of Wieluń after German bombing September 1, 1939

8 WAYS8 WAYS TO RESOLVIN CONFLICTS TO RESOLVIN CONFLICTS

Appeasement: satisfying the enemy by political or economic concessions, generally at the sacrifice of a moral principle

Negotiations: on the basis of equality Economic sanctions: measures taken by

one country to coerce another by withholding money or cutting back trade

Concessions: to give something up Diplomacy: art and practice of conducting

negotiations between nations Ultimatum: a final proposal, condition or

demand the rejection of which will cause a resort to force or action

Status quo: existing state of affairs War:

Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938?

Central Historical Question

HITLERHITLER “CULT OF PERSONALITY” “CULT OF PERSONALITY”

Claimed to want PEACE.

Ruthless Terror The Night of

Long Knives Blood Purge

A cult of personality arises when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods to create an idealized, heroic, and at times worshipful image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.

THE HITLER PEOPLETHE HITLER PEOPLE Boys = Hitler Youth

Military Training Girls = League of German Maidens Women = Producers

of purified German families

Men = Serve the Nazi Party/Military Fanaticism =

the highest German praise!

BlitzkriegBlitzkrieg = Lighting War = Lighting War

1939: The Nazi-Soviet Pact or the Pact of Non-Aggression

Carve-up the Common Enemy of Democracy!!

G. R. A. S. G. R. A. S. P.P. P – Poland. Hitler invades Poland in

1939. AXIS Powers: Germany, Italy, USSR,

Japan

France & England declare war.

Hitler into PolandHitler into Poland

“…“…only the unloved hate…”only the unloved hate…”