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Fascism. By Thomas, Constantin and Johannes. Index. Weimarer Republic Hitler and Nazi Germany Mussolini and Italy. Weimarer Republic. 1919 - 1933. 1918 - 1919 . 1919 - 1923. 1923 - 1929. 1930 - 1932. 1932 - 1933. Hitler and Nazi Germany. From unknown to dictator of Germany.
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Fascism By Thomas, Constantin and Johannes
Index • Weimarer Republic • Hitler and Nazi Germany • Mussolini andItaly
Weimarer Republic 1919 - 1933
Fromunknowntodictatorof Germany • Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889 at Braunau am Inn, Austria, a small village, bordering Germany, the third son and fourth child of six • Adolf left the school with 16 without any qualifications, he wanted to became a painter • University of Vienna rejected Hitler twice • 1913 he moved from Austria to Munich (Germany) • He fought in Word War 1 for Germany • Sep 1, 1914-Oct 18, 1918 Hitler soldiered in France and Belgium as a runner – he get awards in WW1 but never got a officer • October 1918 Hitler was temporarily blinded by a gas attack • Hitler had long admired Germany, and during the war he had become a passionate German patriot, although he did not become a German citizen until 1932 • Germany in turn perceived the treaty and especially the paragraph on the German guilt as a humiliation • Hitler was discharged from the army in March 1920 and with his former superiors' continued encouragement began participating full time in the party's activities.
1921 - 1925 • Early 1921 - Hitler becomes an effective public speaker • July 29 1921 - Hitler became Führer of the NDAP • Jan 1922 - Nazis begin to rise in influence • Nov 23, 1923 - Beer Hall Putsch • Apr 1924 - Hitler sentenced to five-years imprisonment • 1925 - His autobiography “Mein Kampf” was published • "Strategy of legality" - taking control of Weimar Jan 1928 • Jan 1930 Great Depression in Germany • In the following elections 1930: Nazis win 18.3% of the vote • Apr 1932 Hitler runs for presidency • 1932 July elections for Reichstag, Nazi's gain 37.4%
1933 - 1934 • Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor • Feb 27, 1933 Reichstag fire • Mar 1, 1933 Reichstag elections of March 1933 – NSDAP 43.9% • Jan 1, 1934 Hitler consolidates power, suppresses opposition • Jun 29, 1934 Nightofthe Long Knives • Aug 2, 1934 Hindenburg dies, Hitler passeslawtobe Führer • The complete power of Germany was in onehand
Das Dritte Reich – The Third Empire • Mar 1, 1935 Rearmamentof Germany • 1936 Olympics in Berlin • Mar 1936 Reoccupying the Rhineland demilitarized zone • Jul 1936 Intervention in the Spanish Civil War • Oct 25, 1936 Axis created: Germany and Italy • Nov 5, 1937 "Living space" for the German people • Mar 12, 1938 Anschluss: Annexation of Austria • The first step of Hitler to include all German-speaking lands and terriotieries that Germany lost in WW1 in one empire • Sep 1, 1938 Sudetenland (Czechoslovokia) Crisis • 1939 Action T4: Killing crippled and retarded children • 1939-1945 The Holocaust: Systematic killing of Jews • Mar 15, 1939 Hitler invades Czechoslovokia • Aug 23, 1939 Secret agreement to divide Poland with the USSR - the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
The Second World War • Sep 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland and the start of World War Two • April 1940 Invasion of Denmark and Norway • May 1940 Invasion of Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium and France • Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Treaty: Germany, Japan and Italy • Oct 1940 Battle for air superiority in Britain • Jun 22, 1941 Invasion of the USSR - Operation Barbarossa • Sep 1941 Holocaust: Final Solution • Dec 11, 1941 Declares war against the USA • Oct 1942 Germany defested in North Africa
Turning point: Battle of Stalingrad - Februar 1, 1943 • Oct 1, 1943 Hitler starts to suffer breakdown • Jun 1, 1944 Germany begins to collapse • July 20 1944 Plot against Hitler – Stauffenberg • April 1945 – Soviets before Berlin • Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide • More than 60 million people died in World War 2 • 20 Million soldiers • 40 Million civilians, 12 million in concentration camps
