Collapse of Peace

Hitler Foreign Policy Goals
1. Build a Greater Germany - Lebensraum
  1. Want all German people togethor
  2. Carve out a German empire in Eastern Europe
  3. Get rid of non-Aryan race
2. Overturn the Treaty of Versailles
  1. Germany doesn't think its their fault--blame others
    1. the Allies
    2. November Criminals
    3. Non-Aryan people
  2. People are angry. They don't think the judgement is fair
3. Defeat Communism
  1. They don't want total change , which can be a consequence of communism
  2. Fear it will overthrow German culture and way of life
Appeasement
1. Giving Hitler what he wants to avoid conflict
2. In the self-interest of countries i.e. Britain and France
3. Why support appeasement? (British)
  1. Don't want repeat of WWI
  2. Economy was struggling- can't afford war
  3. Army wasn't ready for war
  4. Hitler might be an ally against communism
  5. Britain shouldn't worry about the rest of Europe- they're a sea away
4. Problems of Appeasement
  1. It encouraged Hitler to be aggressive
    1. Each of his gambles ended in victory, and boosted his confidence overtime
  2. It put too much trust in Hitler's promises
    1. He normally doesn't follow up on his promises
  3. It allowed Germany too grow strong
    1. They were given time to develop their army
  4. It scared the USSR
    1. Appeasement made the Soviet convinced that Britain and France wouldn't stand in Hitler's way
  5. France and Britain misjudged Hitler
    1. They didn't believe, and didn't want to belive, that Hitler would fulfill his ideaology in Mein Kampf
Propaganda
1. Focus of the Nazi message
  1. Who is to blame
  2. Failure of the moderates
  3. Nationalism
  4. Fear of Jew and communists
2. Messages were simple, bold and straightforward to convey messages directly
3. Pageantry
  1. Uniforms
    1. Feeling of brotherhood
  2. Parades
  3. Give an overall feeling of unity amongst the community
4. Created an ordered uniform society where people can lean on each other
5. The Brownshirt (SA)
  1. Mainly consisted of young males
  2. A place of comfort and to find employment
  3. Relied on violence and intimidation to achieve goals
  4. Embodyment of Nazi ideas; protect its idea and increase political popularity
  5. Created chaos while presenting sense of order
  6. Night of the Long Knives- 1934/06/30
    1. The SA dismanteled
      1. They were a threat to Hitlers total control over the Nazi party
Hitler's Economic Policies
1. Full employment
  1. Unemployment eliminated- from 30% to near 1% within 6 years
  2. Policies to encourage employment were inefficient and expensive
  3. Jews and women were not included in statistics
2. Autarky ( economic self-suffiency)
  1. No import competitions- higher profits for German businesses
  2. Less reliant on other countries- no repeat of the British Blockade
  3. Higher prices and fewer choices for customers
  4. Impossible due to lack of natural resources- 30% raw materials were still imported by 1939
3. Labour unions eliminated
  1. More profit for bussinesses
  2. Real wages kept low
  3. Longer hours
4. Germany stopped paying back loans/reperations
  1. Can put money towards rearmament and employment
  2. Placed major distrust within other countries
5. Businesses encouraged to merge
  1. More efficient businesses
  2. Less competition kept prices of goods high and options low
6. Focus on rearmament
  1. Employed millions in army and military industries
  2. Strong military was good for foreign policy and propaganda
  3. Took raw materials from other factories, increasing consumer prices
  4. Expensive- 32% of GDP
7. Increase in public works
  1. Public benefit
  2. Employed masses of people
  3. Useful for propaganda
  4. Required massive government spending- expensive
Fascism
1. Appeals of Fascism
  1. Facism promised an easy and idealistic way for citizens to break free from the boundaries of the treaty
  2. Believed this government can bring back national pride
    1. Fascism used national identity to obtain rule later on
  3. Current government did not cause any improvements- why not change into one full of promises of a better society?
  4. Promises stability
  5. Delivers feeling of unity
2. Authoritarian rule within a nationalist far right wing philosophy based on government and social organisation
  1. A non-democratic, dictatorship government
3. Twenty-Five Program
  1. A program developed by the Nazi party for goals to reach the Greatest Germany possible
  2. Promises they delivered to the public
  3. Included annihilating non-Aryan people
    1. Scape-goating

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