How Did Hitler Take Over

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How Did Hitler Take Over?

• Mr. Duck
• U.S. History
• Feb. 26, 2002

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Germany, 1933
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HOW HITLER TOOK OVER

• 1) Germany was in a mess in Great Depression
• 2) Many German leaders underestimated Hitler
• 3) He gave German people military and diplomatic
  victories

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Germany Was A Mess

• 1) Germany is in a mess in the middle of Great
  Depression Money becomes DEVALUED, or almost
  worthless.

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Germany Was a Mess

• Germany couldnt make reparations payments, and
  France and Belgium take over a German industrial
  town on the border. Hitler will use these
  incidents to drive German people toward expansion
  and war.

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Underestimating Hitler

• Adolf Hitler takes power as Nazis begins to win
  more seats in German Parliament. He talked
  President Hindenburg into naming him Chancellor,
  with a cabinet of 9 to assist, but only 3 of them
  are Nazis. Nazis burned down the Reichstag
  building weeks later, just before a national
  election.

In March 1933, The Reichstag passes The Enabling
Act, makes Hitler dictator for 4 years
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Underestimating Hitler
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Underestimating Hitler

• MILITARY They backed him because he promised to
  rip up the treaty of Versailles and allow them to
  expand
• BUSINESS They figured hed be good for the
  economy, plus easy to control as Nazi Party
  didnt have many members of Reichstag or Cabinet
• REICHSTAG Members thought they could remove him
  if needed

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Military Victories

• Hitler demanded Sudentenland from Czechoslavakia
  for German expansion, since people there spoke
  German.
• British Prime Minister Chamberlain agreed to
  plan, as long as Hitler didnt make any more
  demands
• Plan didnt last Hitler soon took over most of
  Eastern Europe

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Military Victories
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Military Victories
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From There

• Hitler took control of Czechoslovakia, Poland and
  Austria by 1939. In 1940, he will invade and
  capture France, and begin his attempt to overtake
  Britain. By the time the U.S. joins the war in
  Europe in 1942, Germany controls almost 2/3 of
  the continent and is fighting USSR for complete
  dominance

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From There
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GRAPHIC RESOURCES

• Just a few of the ones I used.
• PAGE 2 www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/pop
  -up-map.htm
• Page 3
• MARK BURNING www.usagold.com/GermanNightmare.html
  
• GRAPH http//www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/hitle
  r/hitlehtm.htm
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