World War II

Nazi State Third Reich Reich=Empire What were the two other empires before this one? Why was the Nazi Party so popular and successful before World War II?

World War II Popularity -Economic Improvements -Public work projects -Supported by business leaders -Violates the Treaty of Versailles Rhineland 1936 Austria 1938

World War II Successfulness Youth Indoctrination Jungvolk Age 6 Hitler Youth Military

World War II Successfulness Women League of German Maidens Paramilitary training -Went on marches/outings -Domestic life and child rearing skills

World War II Every Girl Belongs To Us Historylearningsite.co.uk

World War II Reich Sports Day—League of German Maidens Bbc.co.uk

World War II BBC German Propaganda opaganda_gallery.shtml Bbc.co.uk

World War II Nazi view of Women -Misogynistic attitude -Believed women weren’t intelligent -They couldn’t hold positions in the Nazi Party -Women were expected to be in traditional roles, procreation -Women were to quit their job if they were married. They would receive 1,000 Reich marks interest free if they left.

World War II Reality -Nazi party asked them to take men’s jobs during the war. -They made up the majority of Nazi supporters.

World War II League of German Maidens

World War II Pre World War II Uiowa.edu

World War II Why were the Nazi’s not stopped or challenged by Western democracy? Communism + Great Depression + Pacifism = Appeasement Policy

World War II Why were the Nazi’s not stopped or challenged by Western democracy? Communism

World War II Why were the Nazi’s not stopped or challenged by Western democracy? Great Depression

World War II Why were the Nazi’s not stopped or challenged by Western democracy? Pacifism

World War II Why were the Nazi’s not stopped or challenged by Western democracy? Appeasement Policy, what was it?

World War II Nytimes.com Munich Conference www1.yadvashem.org

World War II Nytimes.com Munich Conference www1.yadvashem.org Munich Conference September 29, ) The evacuation will begin on 1st October. 2) The United Kingdom, France and Italy agree that the evacuation of the territory shall be completed by the 10th October, without any existing installations having been destroyed, and that the Czechoslovak Government will be held responsible for carrying out the evacuation without damage to the said installations. 3) The conditions governing the evacuation will be laid down in detail by an international commission composed of representatives of Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Czechoslovakia. 4) The occupation by stages of the predominantly German territory by German troops will begin on 1st October. The four territories marked on the attached map will be occupied by German troops in the following order: The territory marked No. I on the 1st and 2nd of October; the territory marked No. II on the 2nd and 3rd of October; the territory marked No. III on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of October; the territory marked No. IV on the 6th and 7th of October. The remaining territory of preponderantly German character will be ascertained by the aforesaid international commission forthwith and be occupied by German troops by the 10th of October. 5) The international commission referred to in paragraph 3 will determine the territories in which a plebiscite is to be held. These territories will be occupied by international bodies until the plebiscite has been completed. The same commission will fix the conditions in which the plebiscite is to be held, taking as a basis the conditions of the Saar plebiscite. The commission will also fix a date, not later than the end of November, on which the plebiscite will be held. 6) The final determination of the frontiers will be carried out by the international commission. The commission will also be entitled to recommend to the four Powers, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, in certain exceptional cases, minor modifications in the strictly ethnographical determination of the zones which are to be transferred without plebiscite. 7) There will be a right of option into and out of the transferred territories, the option to be exercised within six months from the date of this agreement. A German-Czechoslovak commission shall determine the details of the option, consider ways of facilitating the transfer of population and settle questions of principle arising out of the said transfer. 8) The Czechoslovak Government will within a period of four weeks from the date of this agreement release from their military and police forces any Sudeten Germans who may wish to be released, and the Czechoslovak Government will within the same period release Sudeten German prisoners who are serving terms of imprisonment for political offences.

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World War II Germany prior to World War II Bbc.co.uk

World War II Neville Chamberlain “Peace In Our Time” Academic.Brooklyn.Cuny.edu

World War II Czechoslovakia 1938 Mbc.edu

World War II Ribbentrop Pact August 23, The Government of the German Reich and The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics desirous of strengthening the cause of peace between Germany and the U.S.S.R., and proceeding from the fundamental provisions of the Neutrality Agreement concluded in April, 1926 between Germany and the U.S.S.R., have reached the following Agreement: Article I. Both High Contracting Parties obligate themselves to desist from any act of violence, any aggressive action, and any attack on each other, either individually or jointly with other Powers. Article II. Should one of the High Contracting Parties become the object of belligerent action by a third Power, the other High Contracting Party shall in no manner lend its support to this third Power. Article III. The Governments of the two High Contracting Parties shall in the future maintain continual contact with one another for the purpose of consultation in order to exchange information on problems affecting their common interests. Article IV. Should disputes or conflicts arise between the High Contracting Parties shall participate in any grouping of Powers whatsoever that is directly or indirectly aimed at the other party. Article V. Should disputes or conflicts arise between the High Contracting Parties over problems of one kind or another, both parties shall settle these disputes or conflicts exclusively through friendly exchange of opinion or, if necessary, through the establishment of arbitration commissions. Article VI. The present Treaty is concluded for a period of ten years, with the proviso that, in so far as one of the High Contracting Parties does not advance it one year prior to the expiration of this period, the validity of this Treaty shall automatically be extended for another five years. Article VII. The present treaty shall be ratified within the shortest possible time. The ratifications shall be exchanged in Berlin. The Agreement shall enter into force as soon as it is signed.

World War II Ribbentrop Pact August 19 and 23, 1939 Also known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, after the two foreign ministers who negotiated the agreement, had two parts. The economic agreement, signed on August 19, 1939, provided that Germany would exchange manufactured goods for Soviet raw materials. The ten-year nonaggression pact, signed on August 23, 1939, in which each signatory promised not to attack the other. The nonaggression pact of August 23 contained a secret protocol that provided for the partition of Poland and the rest of eastern Europe into Soviet and German spheres of interest.

World War II Ribbentrop Pact August 23, 1939 Mbc.edu

World War II Ribbentrop Pact 1939 Mbc.edu

World War II Ribbentrop Pact PBS.org Video link on right 1/ep1_stalins_pact.html Mbc.edu

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