honors world history- the road to wwii

1. The Road To WWII
Chapter 29

2. Italy
Economic struggles led to
totalitarianism
Mussolini rose to power by
preventing a communist take
over
Blackshirts used force to
eliminate Mussolini’s competition
Consolidated power in Italy and
built up Italy’s Military

3. Weimar Republic
In 1919, Germans created a
democratic republic
People never bought into gov’t
Owed $35 Billion in reparations
High inflation crippled economy
In the mid 1920’s Germany
began to recover thanks to
American loans

4. Adolph Hitler
Born in Austria (4/20/1889)
Only child to survive
Influences on Weltanschauung
Failure at School
Vienna years (1907-1913)
Munich Years & WWI
WWI War Hero
After war joined the board of the
National Socialist German Workers
Party (NSDAP-Nazis)

5. Rise of National Socialism
Conservative party consisting
mostly of former soldiers in Munich
Beerhall Putsch-(10/8/1923)
Imitate Mussolini
Fails due to leaks in party
Tried for Treason-Jail-MeinKampf
During mid 20’s prosperity, party
lost influence
After market crash, Nazi party
became very popular

6. Hitler Comes to Power
During Great Depression, Hitler’s
message was heard
Political Instability
Nazis gain seats in Reichstag (1930-
33)
Hitler as Chancellor (1/30/1933)
Reichstag Burns (2/27/1933)
Blamed Socialists/Communists
Feb. 28- “Protection of Ger. People”
Reichstag granted Hitler complete
power to “fix” Germany

7. Gleichshaltung
Enabling Act (April 1st
, 1933)
Law for the Coordination of the
States (April 7th
, 1933)
Restoration of Civil Service
Eliminated opposition within own
party in 1934 (Night of Long Knives)
Hindenburg dies in Aug. 1934
Hitler becomes Fuhrer

8. Nuremburg
Rallies
Wagnerian Opera
Unity, Harmony,
Strength
Filmed and shown as
propaganda

9. Growth of Germany
Promoted industry
Built Autobahn
Military Rearmament
Wanted Germany to be an Autarchy
1936 Olympics
4 Year Plan (1936) to be ready for
war
Hitler had to keep people happy

10. Instrument of Terror:
Rise of the SS
Led by Heinrich Himmler
Embodied the Aryan Ideal
Created a police state
and a system of terror
Developed complex
ideology
Lebensborne program

11. Persecution of the Jews
Phase I-Jewish Boycott (1933)
Phase II-Social Segregation
(1935)
Phase III-Violence (1938)
Kristallnacht-Nov.9-10
Phase IV-Final Solution
1939-1945

12. Policy of Appeasement
Geneva Disarmament Conf.
(1933)
German Rearmament
(1935)
Remilitarized Rhineland
(1936)
Alliance with Mussolini
Anschluss w/ Austria (Mar.
1938)
Sudetenland Crisis (1938)