Interwar Period

Wiemar Republic

Wiemar Republic

The name of Germany's fledgling post WWI democracy. Named for the seat of government, it was beset by social and economic problems and ended with the election of Hitler.

Who was most eager to punish Germany

France

John Maynard Keynes (Keynesian Economics)

British economist and dominant economist in America for 50 years starting during the Depression, father of Keynesian Economics which predicted that depression and recessions can be less frequent if the government is involved

Reichsrat (Upper House)

Upper house of Weimar Republic Parliment

Reichstag

German Parliament (Lower House)

plain folks appeal

implies that ordinary people are on "our side" or that a candidate is like an ordinary person

Bandwagon

A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable.

loaded words

words charged with an underlying meaning or implication and are used to produce emotion in an audience

Testimonial

attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea

transfer

Using symbols or images to shift someone's focus

scapegoat

(n.) a person or thing carrying the blame for others

name calling

the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups

Glittering Generalities

Using deep values to sweep over audience without any support

Celestial Emperor

Emperor of love

Munich Conference

1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further.

Sudetenland

Land that Germany thought was rightfully theirs due to the large German speaking population

What did the Nazis encourage about families

they wanted them to have many German Children

What groups were part of the Holocaust

Communists, slavs, POWs, homosexuals, Roma (Gypsies), Jews

What did the League of Nations do in response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Nothing

Joseph Stalin

Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition

Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)

Nazi organized riot against the Jews on November 9, 1938

Night of the Long Knives

30th June 1934, assassination of political enemies and people who were a threat to Hitler's power

Annexation of Austria

took place in March 1938 as an attempt to reintergrate all Germans into a single homeland. Europe's major powers Britain and France did nothing about it

Saar Region (1935)

A region ceded to France for coal after the war

Inflation

a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

How did the Weimar Republic fail?

Millions of Germans blamed the Weimar republic for the countries defeat and Germany's humiliation caused by the Treaty of Versailles

Benito Mussolini

Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.

Abyssina

Another name for ethiopia

Who did not expand their territory in between the wars

Spain

Where was Blitzkreig tested first

Spain (Spanish Civil War

Republicans (Spanish Civil War)

Loyalists, Communists, Socialists, Stalin, US, Anti-Fascists

Nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

Why did Italy invade Abyssinia?

Abyssinia had fertile land, mineral wealth, wanted an overseas colony and wanted revenge for 1896 humiliation.

Mein Kampf

'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession

Nazism was the German form of

Fascism

Fascism

A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition

Fascism emphasizes what?

Loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader, Nationalism

Adolf Hitler

Austrian born Dictator of Germany, implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Russian and German non aggression agreement, not to attack each other, also, divide up Poland

Marco Polo Bridge Incident (1937)

Japanese claimed that the Chinese fired on them close to the Marco Polo Bridge. Japan attacked several army bases around Beijing, but a small Chinese force effectively defended the Bridge. Prime Minister Konoe (Japan) publicly blamed the Chinese for the incident and sent more troops.

Hideki Tojo (Japan)

Prime Minister of Japan (1941-1944) and leading advocate of Japanese military conquest

Collectivization

a system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government

Leon Trotsky

Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army

Invasion of Manchuria (1931)

Japan invaded Manchuria and set up Manchukuo, a Japanese state that lasted until the end of WW2.

Pu Yi—"The Last Emperor"

last emperor of the Manchu Dynasty, was a baby, puppet ruler of Manchuko

Invasion of the Rhineland (1936)

Remilitarization of the Rhineland by Nazi Germany, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles

What brought France and Britain into WW2

Invasion of poland

First German act not justified by Self-Determination

Invasion of Poland