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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