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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
Dark brown
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…”