Anschluss

space) for Germany’s growing population, which was again another statement people agreed with. He also wanted Germany to reunite with Austria so that all the German speaking people could be unified, ignoring another term of the Treaty that banned Anschluss with Austria. Hitler wanted Germany to consist of only pure Germans, and wanted to get rid of the Jews. He wanted the Master Race, the Aryans, to be the only race living in Germany. He believed that the Jews had stabbed the Germans in the back…

and its allies satisfied with appeasement instead of confrontation would prevent conflict between the countries, and therefore allowed Hitler to continue breaking the treaty without being opposed (Grant 2004 p.4). While Germany continued with its Anschluss ideal, the concept that all German speaking countries should be a part of Germany (BBC 2014), the League of Nations continued to allow it, resulting in Germany being able to conquer Austria and a portion of Czechoslovakia. Though Hitler was…

caused by the war. They were only allowed to have a small army and six naval ships. No tanks, no air force and no submarines were allowed. The Rhineland area was to be de-militarized. Land was taken away from Germany and given to other countries. Anschluss, the union with Austria, was forbidden. They were forced to sign off on these terms at the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was very harsh on…

One of the many causes of World War Two was the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty was written on June 28th, 1919 and cause a large amount of problems for Germany which likely lead to the beginning of World War Two. The treaty made Germany have to accept the war debt which made Germany very mad. There were a lot of conditions in the treaty that Germany had to accept such as, Germany had to take the blame for starting World War One. Germany did not feel that they alone had caused the war but they…

Throughout the late 1930's the Nazi party lead by Adolf Hitler, lead to the German involvement in the Spanish Civil war, and the Anschluss of Austria, this had pushed the British forces to the brink of war. It wasn't until September 3rd 1939 when the Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declared war on the German Nazi party due to the fact that they had invaded Poland two days in advance. Also it wasn't until December 7, 1941 when the American naval base Pearl Harbor was brutally…

Foremost, to understand the document fully its fundamental we establish the background of this source. The source was written in 1920 Adolf Hitler at the time, an active speaker for the party along with Anton Drexler the then chairman of the German Worker’s Party or ‘DAP’ created the party program, and which later that year changed its name to the the ‘Nationalist German Worker’s Party’ (NSDAP), and is considered a primary source. Whilst the document itself is a program demanding the…

There is no real way of knowing whether or not World War 2 was inevitable because it is in the past and there is no changing the past, but it is still possible to think about the “What If”. There is a possibility that it could have been avoided, tracing all the way back to the creation of the Treaty of Versaille on June 28th, 1919 (Walsh 80). This document was created by Britain, France, and the U.S. President. The treaty was a peace document for the end of World War I and put many restrictions…

Document 25-3 - The Holocaust: A Journalist Reports on Nazi Massacres on Jews In 1938, Adolf Hitler began his conquest of Europe with the Annexation of Austria (Anschluss) and Western Czechoslovakia in order to justify being dictator of Europe. As time passed Hitler invades the rest of Czechoslovakia and in 1939 the world is struck with another when Hitler decided to invade Poland; marking the beginning of World War II. A couple days later Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany…

ould World War II have been avoided? “WWII” was massive, it’s estimated that around 48,231,700 people were killed during the conflict. The whole world was affected by the catastrophe known as “WWII”, which could have been avoided if the following things didn’t happen: If the treaty of Versailles wasn’t signed, the League of Nations didn’t fail and the Nazi party never came to power. “WWII” could have been avoided if the treaty of Versailles was not signed. This could’ve happened if the British…

In the years leading up to World War 2 Hitler would have attempted to gain control over the countries surrounding Germany and attempt to create an empire however due to the weakness of the policies such as The Policy of Appeasement made by Britain and the Policy of Isolationism made by The United States. Once Hitler had achieved power by 1933 he turned his eyes outwards and started to look at the rest of the world. In his book ‘Mein Kampf’ he actually outlined that his ambitions were actually…