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The road to Nazi Germany and WW II

The road to Nazi Germany and WW II. By: Jeff Douglas. The Treaty of Versailles. Section of the “Peace of Paris” that ended WW I Was written by Lloyd George of Britain and Clemenceau of France Written to punish Germany. Germany was unfairly punished by the treaty of Versailles.

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The road to Nazi Germany and WW II

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  1. The road to Nazi Germany and WW II By: Jeff Douglas

  2. The Treaty of Versailles • Section of the “Peace of Paris” that ended WW I • Was written by Lloyd George of Britain and Clemenceau of France • Written to punish Germany

  3. Germany was unfairly punished by the treaty of Versailles • Greatly reduced the size of Germany • Reduced the size of the German army and banned the manufacture of weapons • Reestablished the country of Poland • Germany lost its oversea colonies • Germany had to pay reparations for property damage and for the cost of the Allied war effort

  4. German land lost at Versailles • The fertile Alsace-Lorraine” ceded back to France • The “Danzig” land given so that Poland could have a coast • Allied forces to occupy the fertile “Rhineland”

  5. Weimar Republic • Another effect of the Versailles Treaty was that Germany was to become a republic • Only lasted from 1919 to 1933 • Nationalists claimed that Weimar leaders betrayed Germany by accepting the Versailles Treaty

  6. Outrageous Reparations • Germany was to repay $35 billion dollars to the allies for the cost of WW I • 1922 German government announced inability to repay • 1923 France marches on Germany’s industrial Ruhr Valley and takes control of coal and steel industry

  7. Economic Troubles • Germany lost valuable income from industry to France • Germany prints more $ to pay striking workers • By the end of 1923 inflation has wiped out the savings of the entire middle class

  8. Nationalist Socialist Workers Party • Started as a valid political party challenging the Weimar Republic • Led by Adolph Hitler • Formed the “brownshirts” private army of nationalist, out of work, young men

  9. Adolph Hitler • Born in Austria in 1889 • WWI Veteran • Wrote “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle) while in prison for “Munich Beer Hall Riot” • Blamed Jews and Communists for Germany’s WWI defeat

  10. Nazism • The philosophy of Hitler and the Nationalist Socialist Worker’s Party • Declared Germans to be the “master race” • Gained strength after the Depression began in 1929 • Blamed Jews for the depression

  11. Hitler in power • The Nazis won 229 seats in the “Reichstag”-they are not a majority, but are the largest party • Hitler becomes Chancellor on January 30, 1933 • Hitler blames Communists for a 1933 fire that destroyed the “Reichstag” building

  12. Hitler consolidates power • Brownshirts force the voters to choose Nazi party leaders • Hitler in total power because of “Communist threat” • Bans all other political parties • Threw out freedom of press, speech, religion and assembly • Nazi party regulated all aspects of German life

  13. Hitler’s Paranoia • 1935 Nuremburg laws stripped Jews of their rights • Jewish businesses destroyed, Jews forced to wear yellow badges so they could be recognized and discriminated against • The Gestapo, or secret police, arrested Jews and sent them to Concentration Camps

  14. Third Reich • Hitler took the title of “Fuhrer” (The Leader) in 1935 • He declared that the “Third Empire” would last 1000 years • Ignored Versailles and began to produce weapons and ammunition • Brought all intellectual activity under the control of the Nazi Party

  15. “Lebensraum”(Living Space) • Hitler said living space was needed to expand the German population • 1936 Germany invades the Rhineland • France backs down for fear of war • 1938 Hitler sends troops into Austria- Britain and France do nothing

  16. Axis Powers • Hitler and Mussolini sign the “Rome-Berlin Axis” in 1936 • 1936 Japan joins Germany and Italy in the “Anti-Comertern Pact” • Western Europe ignores Russia’s Stalin and his plead for help

  17. Hitler invades • September 12, 1938 Germany invades Czechslovakia • Britain and France choose “appeasement policy” • September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland with “blitzkrieg” –lightning war • Western Europe finally accepts the threat, but it is too late. War is imminant.

  18. Works Cited • http://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/history_wing/assets/room2/map_versailles_treaty.jpg • http://www.newgenevacenter.org/portrait/hitler.jpg • “World History- The Human Experience” Glencoe, 1997; Westerville, Oh.

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