History B Unit 2 (Weimar Germany+ Nazi Germany+ Vietnam)

Military issues

• Germany could not have any airforce or submarines
• Germany's army was limited to 100,000
• Germany could not keep any troops nor weapons in the Rhineland

Land issues

• Polish corridor given to Poland
• Rhineland Demiliterised
• The Saar given to the league of nations

Blame for defeat

• Blamed Goverment for signing treaty
• Goverment accused of 'stabbing Germany in the back'

Spartasists

• Their rebellion was crushed within four days

Kapp Putsch

• German capital came to a halt becuase workers striked
• in the end Kapp and his followers gave up and fled to Berlin

Invasion of the Ruhr

• French and Belgium troops sent to the Ruhr
• German economy halted

Hyperinflation

• Prices rose every half an hour in shops
• Savings became worthless
• Many starved as they could not afford food or fuel
• Famous story of man stealing wheelbarrow rather than the money inside because the wheelbarrow was worth more.

Recovery

• Rentenmark replaces old currency
• Dawes Plan- borrowed money from the Americans
• Young Plan- reduces reperations

Plan- Capture Munich and march on Berlin

8th November- Hitler forces Bavarian goverment to support him at gunpoint, leader reluctant and alerts the police and the army.

9th Novemeber- Confrontation between Hitler's party and the army/ police involving weapons

Result- plan fails, and Hitler is arrested and imprisoned 

Impact of the Wall Street Crash

• Millions lost their jobs
• Many homeless
• Many feel let down by the goverment

Nazis Gain support

• 1932- Hilter loses in an election against Hindenburg 13 million to 19 million but shows the Nazis gaining support.

Reichstag Fire

• Staged by the Nazis?
• Hitler blames the communist
• Happens just after Hitler becomes Chancellor, Coincidence?

Enabling Act 1933

• Hitler needed 2/3 of Reichstag support to pass it
• Hitler told the SA to intimidate to gain more votes
• Hitler expelled the communist memebers of the Reichstag
• Act passed and Hitler able to rule for four years without Reichstag

Knight of the Long Knives

• German army saw the SA as enemy and would not support Hitler
• Hitler makes a deal with the army and has around 400 SA executed

Propaganda and Cencorship

• Newspapers- were cencored, only allowed print favourable stories about the Nazis
• Radio- controlled by the goverment- had to be favourable to the Nazis

Employment Increased

• Men aged between 18-25 had to serve the corps for six months
• Umeployed built big projects like schools and roads ( e.g. autoban)

Women lifes

• Hitler reveals the three k's (Children, Kitchen, Church)
• Hitler knows that German women are needed to produce ' the perfect race'
• Many women are happy with the three k's and their way of living