HAEC IB History 14 MegaMix 01 Core: Authoritarian States - Hitler and Mao

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Seats won by the NSDAP in the 1928 election

6 million

Number of unemployed Germans by 1932

Bullock

'Hitler was jobbed into power by backstairs intrigue.'

27 February 1933

The date of the Reichstag Fire

Night of the Long Knives

Purge on 30 June 1934 of internal opposition from the SA

Huai-hai

Decisive battle for central China in 1948-49

Hsu

'The most important cause of the downfall of the Nationalists was the Japanese war'

Speak Bitterness

Meetings held during Land Reform

Dikötter

'Terror and violence were the foundations of the regime'

Kershaw

'For almost a decade after 1933, Hitler enjoyed a remarkable degree of popularity'

6 million to 200,000

Change in unemployment in Germany between 1933 and 1938

National Labour Service

Compulsory labour service in Germany for men aged 18-25

Kinder, Küche, Kirche

Nazi slogan on the role of women

4, 6, 8

The number of children required for each category of the Mother's Cross medal

97%

Percentage of teachers who joined the Nazi Teachers' League

Josef Goebbels

Minister for Propaganda and Public Enlightenment

Volksgemeinschaft

Means 'People's Community' - a concept reinforced by the targeting of 'outsiders'

Great Leap Forward

Alternative name for Mao's second Five-Year Plan, launched in 1968

35 million

Estimated number of Chinese peasants who starved to death between 1959 and 1961

Mao

'It is better to have a socialist train running late than a reactionary train on time'

13%

The percentage of CCP members who were women

Red Guards

Groups of young people who led the Cultural Revolution

Da zi bao

'Big character posters' used to denounce perceived opponents in China

Laogai

Name for 're-education through labour' camps in China