HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 35 Outline of Last Lecture I. Peaceful interlude: Weimar (1924-29)II. Great Depression: crisis and paralysisIII. Why the Nazi’s?IV. Hitler consolidates powerOutline of Current Lecture I. Rearming: Breaching Versailles Military LimitsA. Rebirth of Germany’s air forceB. Reinstates conscription1. Rebuild army of 36 divisions (half a million soldiers)C. Nobody stops Hitler even though he is going against the treatiesII. Reoccupying the Rhineland: Breaching Versailles Territorial ProvisionsA. March 7, 1936, Germany sends 10,000 soldiers into the RhinelandB. Going against treaties againIII. Fascist Italy and Ethiopia: Failure of the League of NationsA. Border incident; Mussolini accused Ethiopia of aggression1. Mussolini demanded reparations 2. King of Ethiopia went in front of League of Nations to plead for protection under the treaty3. Mussolini invades Ethiopiai. Use gasii. Use carbon bombingiii. Falls by May of 1936B. As a result, the League of Nations is badly discredited IV. Spanish Civil War: A Polarized EuropeA. Monarchy fallsB. Competing political factionsC. March, 1936, Francisco Franco (commander of Army) invades Spain from Morocco to overthrow the Republic1. Allied with the Falange party in Spain (fascists)2. Gripped by Civil War3. Western democracies don’t come to the aid of Spain These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.4. Franco gains substantial assistance i. Hitler and Mussolini send soldiers and materials5. Madrid falls 19396. Over 1 million people killed in warV. Anschluss Austria’s AnnexationA. Not allowed to unify with GermanyB. Economy is badC. Founded as a republic, but experienced deep political divisionsi. As a result, civil warii. Republic defeated and dictator takes overi. Adolph Dollfussii. Schussnigg takes over after Dollfuss murdered D. Let the Austrian people decide1. Become a part of Germany2. Remain a free people3. This does not go over well with Hitleri. Hitler demands Schussnigg’s resignation and replaces him with an Austrian Naziii. Austria is annexed into the Third ReichVI. Sudeten Crisis: Appeasing HitlerA. Munich Conference 1. Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, Daladier2. Czech’s are missing from conference3. Conference to decide fate of Czechoslovakia4. Given to Hitler VII. Last ActsA. Dismantling CzechoslovakiaB. Nazi-Soviet Pact1. August 23, 1939, Molotov-Rippentroppi. Nonaggression pact to divide up Europe later onii. 8 days later, Hitler invades
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