In 1939 the world war started
In 1939 the Second World War started. It was led by a strong believer in God who had high hopes for his country, his name was Adolf Hitler. Many believed that there were four main reasons for the start of the war, these are: The Wall street Crash; League of Nations; Hitler's ambitions and Appeasement. The Wall Street Crash affected the whole world. It was where companies were selling lots of stock at low prices. The prices began to rise and they still had people buying them. On 3rd September the stock market reached its peak. Prices then fell dramatically as people refused to buy the shares. On 29th October 1929 only 16 Million shares were sold. The market had lost 47 percent of its profit in 26 days. The German economy was very badly hit. In 1933, Hitler became Prime Minister of Germany and he was very concerned about the problem and desperately wanted to do something about it. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson proposed the idea of the League of Nations. This meant that countries could sign this and they would be part of an alliance. They would work together to prevent war and to create peace. However, America did not sign the agreement. They said that they didn't want to be sorting out other countries problems-the world's policemen. Also, they said that the League was too slow; it had no power and no army. All decisions in the League had to be made unanimously. Hitler
Sigmund Freud 1856 - 1939.
Jamie Thompson 12C 6th October 2003 Sigmund Freud 856 - 1939 Sigmund Freud was born on May 6th, 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia, which is now known as Pribor in the Czech Republic. Freud developed the techniques of "psycho-analysis" for treating psychological and emotional disorders. He graduated as a doctor of medicine from the Medical School of the University of Vienna in 1881. In the September of 1891, Freud moved to 19 Berggasse in Vienna where he lived and worked for the next 47 years. Freud first used the term "psycho-analysis" in his 1896 paper, "The Aetiology of Hysteria". Six years later in the October of 1902, a circle of physicians who followed Freud's work began weekly discussions on his theory of "psycho-analysis". As time went by, the group came up with more theories and more ideas to justify their claims. So in-depth did they become with their studies that they developed a group based on the studies themselves, called the "Vienna Psycho-Analytical Society" in 1908. In 1910, the "International Psycho-Analytical Association" was formed in Nuremberg under it's first President; a Swiss psychologist by the name of Carl Jung. "Psycho-analysis" soon gained acceptance all over the world as a scientific discipline and as a therapeutic approach. On March 12, 1938 German troops marched into Austria and
WHY HAD INTERNATIONAL PEACE COLLAPSED BY 1939?
KEY QUESTION 3: WHY HAD INTERNATIONAL PEACE COLLAPSED BY 1939? Focus Points . What were the long-term consequences of the peace treaties of 1919-23? 2. What were the consequences of the failures of the League in the 1930s? 3. How far was Hitler's foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939? 4. Was the policy of appeasement justified? 5. How important was the Nazi-Soviet Pact? 6. Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany in September 1939? Specified Content The collapse of international order in the 1930s; the increasing militarism of Germany, Italy and Japan; Hitler's foreign policy to 1939; the Saar, remilitarization of the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland; the Nazi-Soviet Pact, appeasement and the outbreak of war in September 1939. Focus Point 1 - What were the long-term consequences of the peace treaties of 1919-23? German Anger In the 1920s the Germans called the Treaty of Versailles the 'Diktat', the 'dictated peace'. They resented: the loss of so much territory, especially the splitting of East Prussia from the rest of Germany. 2 The loss of resources. The treaty took away 74% of their iron ore production and 26% of their coal. 3 Foreign occupation of the Rhineland and Saar 4 Having to accept 'war guilt' and pay reparations. They argued that Germany alone was not responsible for the war. 5 The fact that while other
Why Did War Break Out In 1939
Why Did War Break Out In 1939? Reparations from the treaty left many people in the nations feeling guilty. The loss of the land to other countries made Hitler's early aggression look justified. But, most of all, the Treaty made the Germans angry, just waiting for their chance for revenge. The league didn't help either, it was weak from the beginning, and had spectacular failures in Manchuria and Abyssinia and in making Hitler keep to the Treaty of Versailles. It failed to achieve disarmament. Countries left the failing League, and realised that they would have to fight a war. The countries and league as a whole used appeasement towards Hitler and let him get away with too much and this led to Hitler thinking he could get away with almost anything, as Britain and France were trying to avoid war the best they could. Appeasement encouraged war. It made Hitler think no one dare stop him, which encouraged him to go further and further until in the end he went too far. The Sudetenland led Stalin to make the Nazi-Soviet Pact, because he believed he could not trust Britain. This made Germany stronger. Hitler was annoyed by the treaty and decided to stop following completely and he began conscription and built the air force. France protested about that but too weak, and Britain set up a naval agreement with the Germans. A year later, Hitler marched troops into and re-armed the
German opposition to the Nazis 1939-45
Opposition 1939-45 Youth Movements: . Most Young people in Germany were loyal members of either the Hitler Youth or German Girl’s League- Both compulsory as of 1939.Wrong to believe the regime won over entire Nazi youth. 2. Some youngsters objected to strong indoctrination and discipline, preferring instead to form non-conformist youth groups and gangs who engaged in protest against the N.R. Edelweiss Pirates: . Emerged late 1930s, located in the working class districts in a number of west German towns: Dusseldorf, Cologne most notably. 2. Consisted primarily of 12-18 year old boys who had no distinctive political ideology but great antipathy towards the grim uniformity of the Hitler Youth and the general lack of freedom in Nazi Germany. 3. Spontaneous movement. 4. “Eternal war on the Hitler Youth”. Breaking free from Nazi Discipline, the Edelweiss Pirates went on long hikes, carrying rucksacks. They took camping excursions at a time where the N.R was placing higher strain on travel limitations. Sing Parodies of Hitler Youth / tell dirty jokes. 5. It was difficult for the Nazi authorities to distinguish their behaviour from less politically challenging forms of juvenile delinquency. 6. It was during the war years, 1939-45, with a reduction in parental supervision and the severe disruption to local leisure facilities caused by increased allied raids that
Why did war break out in 1939?
Why did war break out in 1939? Hitler came to power in 1933, he thought that the Treaty of Versailles was incredibly unfair toward Germany and sought to do whatever he could to change it. Hitler rose from being an obscure and demoralised member of the defeated German army to the all powerful führer, dictator of Germany, with almost unlimited power and overwhelming ambition to make Germany great once again. Hitler had four main aims; to take complete control of Germany in a dictatorship, to make Germany strong economically and militarily ready for war, to make Germany "racially pure", and to build a new society where every "Aryan" had a place and a role in life. In order to take complete control of Germany and fulfil his ambitions Hitler had to dispose of all his opposition. Hitler had to reverse all the terms set out in the Treaty of Versailles to make Germany what he wanted it to be. In order to make Germany ready for war, Germany's armed forces could no longer be limited, so one of the initial things Hitler did when he came to power was to rearm Germany's armed forces. The Treaty of Versailles stated that the Rhineland had to stay demilitarised so as to help France feel more secure, as a result, Hitler sent troops in searching for more territory. Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria under the Treaty of Versailles, once again Hitler went against the terms laid out
Wartime policies towards the Jews 1939-1945.
Wartime policies towards the Jews 1939-19945 This is a key background assignment to support your coursework. You are asked to trace the polices which the nazis adopted to deal with the Jewish populations in the occupied territories. On 1st September 1939 a Wehrmacht force of 1.25 million men swept into Poland in the wake of heavy aerial bombardments. After two weeks the Polish capital Warsaw was captured, On 17th September the Soviet Union invaded the eastern part of the country whereupon Germany and the USSR agreed to divide Poland. On 28th September Poland surrendered. The aim of the German occupation policy was to change Poland to a German living space (Lebensraum) and, in the process, to effectively destroy the Polish nation. The Polish Jews had no chance to escape. As early as September 1939 Reinhard Heydrich had given orders to concentrate the Jews in larger towns located near railway lines. In November 1939 Hans Frank gave the order to establish a Judenrat in each municipality. The Judenrat became the link between the Jewish population and the Nazis, the Jews were ordered to declare their valuables and their houses - factories and shops were confiscated. From the smallest Shtetl to the biggest town, normal public Jewish life ceased. By early 1941 about 200 forced labour camps for Jews had been established. The death toll in these camps was extremely high because of
How Successful Were Economic Policies 1933-1939?
How Successful Were Economic Policies 1933-1939? The Nazis had been relatively unpopular between 1923 -1928, but their fortunes changed with the Wall Street Crash in October 1929. Desperate for capital, the United States began to recall loans from Europe. One of the consequences of this was a rapid increase in unemployment. Germany, whose economy relied heavily on investment from the United States, suffered more than any other country in Europe. Before the crash, 1.25 million people were unemployed in Germany. By the end of 1930 the figure had reached nearly 4 million, 15.3 per cent of the population. Even those in work suffered as many were only working part-time. With the drop in demand for labour, wages also fell and those with full-time work had to survive on lower incomes. Hitler, who was considered a fool in 1928 when he predicted economic disaster, was now seen in a different light. People began to say that if he was clever enough to predict the depression maybe he also knew how to solve it. By 1932 over 30 per cent of the German workforce was unemployed. In the 1933 Election campaign, Adolf Hitler promised that if he gained power he would abolish unemployment. He was lucky in that the German economy was just beginning to recover when he came into office. However, the policies that Hitler introduced did help to reduce the number of people unemployed in Germany.
Why Did war break out in 1939
Why did War break out in 1939? At 11 o'clock on the third of September 1939 there was a famous speech broadcasted by Neville Chamberlain, over the wireless. From the Cabinet Room of 10 Downing Street it was officially declared that England was at war against Germany. This war lasted 6 long and painstaking years and throughout it there were over 50 million civilian and military Allied deaths. This war is mainly thought to have been one person's fault, Adolf Hitler who became leader of the German nation and lead it to war. Still to this day historians discuss whether this was really the case, and in this essay I will talk about the other possible reasons for war to break out between England and Germany in 1939. After five extensive years of slow and tedious fighting between the Allied forces and the Central Powers in World War I, the British and French public felt absolute hatred towards Germany. In the Peace conference in Versailles, the Treaty was finally signed by Emperor Wilhelm 11 on the 28th of June 1919. The Leaders of the three main super powers at the time created this peace settlement that was designed to prevent the return of the German race and ultimately bring an end to the War. These laws included demilitarisation of the Rhineland, and various stretches of German border were given to Poland and Czechoslovakia. Also the Union which Germany had with Austria was
Why did Europe go to war in 1939
Why did Europe go to war in 1939? By 1939 Hitler and the Nazi party had slowly been breaking more and more of the Treaty of Versailles rules. They had rearmed and invaded Czechoslovakia. Also Germany had allied with Italy, Russia, and Japan and formed a union with Austria. France and Britain reacted to these events only by appeasement. In September of 1939 Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France had issued warnings to Hitler and after Poland was invaded declared war on Germany. Although France and Britain declared war, many historians would argue there were a series of events leading up to the declaration of war and it was effected both by the Nazi regime and by the League of Nations and allies. France and Britain in using appeasement almost encouraged Hitler to take more and more. But appeasement seemed the only option for France and Britain as they had a very weak military. In World War One Britain had 750,000 soldiers killed and 1,500,000 wounded and France had 1,400,000 soldiers killed and 2,500,000 wounded. Appeasement gave them time to build there forces, eventually French and British armies had been built up some what and as Hitler had gone one step too far, war was declared. The Treaty of Versailles was an agreement set up by the world's most powerful nations after World War One in 1918. It stated that Germany was to lose Alsace-Lorraine, Eupen, Malmedy, Northern
