His non-aggression pact with the USSR was a fraud. Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and the Hossbach Memorandum of 1937 where Hitler told his generals that he would attack France by 1944 at the latest, are qoted as evidence for this view. Other historians claim that appeasement was equally to blame. Had France challenged Hitler earlier, in 1936 and sent a force into the Rhineland to confront Hitler's invading troops, Hitler would have backed off. Alan Bullock ("Hitler, a Biography," p. 171), states that Hitler's successes and the absence of
Hitler’s Rise to Power - Markscheme Notes Paper 3 18. Analyse the reasons for the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the establishment of a Nazi dictatorship in the period 1929 to 1934. Nov 2006 Candidates could include the weaknesses of the Weimar constitution; dislike of Versailles; propaganda; economic weakness; Wall Street Crash; violence/role of SA; negotiations with the army; the roles of von Papen, Schleicher and Hindenburg; the Enabling Act after the Reichstag fire the Night of the Long Knives and any other relevant factors. Ensure that the above details are used in a focused, analytical explanation rather than merely being listed. [17+ marks] for fully analytical and relevant answers with detail, insight, perceptive comments and perhaps different interpretations, which address all aspects of the question.
There were many reasons how the Nazi Soviet Pact played a greater part in causing war in 1939 than the policy of appeasement such as an important factor, which let Hitler invade Poland without having to fight a war on two fronts. Also, after the failure of appeasement, the British had guaranteed polish security. Once Germany invaded, the British would be forced to declare war. The Nazi Soviet Pact can be considered major causes of World War Two, however the policy of appeasement was the most important reason for the war. The Nazi-Soviet pact was responsible for the outbreak of war because France and Britain had decided to finally intervene.
From 1939-1941, the Axis powers were at its peak. Led by the ruthless blitzkrieg war tactics of Hitler, Germany and the Axis powers were able to undergo a string of victories. However, the ironic successes of the Axis powers led to greater actions by the Allies, which ultimately resulted in failure for the Axis powers. Had Hitler and the Axis powers were not so quick as to act upon impulse, and actually work as an alliance, it is more likely that the results of the war would have been in their favor. The success of Hitler and the Axis powers during the first two years of the war, 1939-1941, was impaired due to poor, irrational planning, postponements, overconfidence, and the growing forces of the Allied powers, as exemplified in the Battle of Britain, the Invasion of the Soviet Union, and the attack on Pearl Harbor.
After Germany’s defeat in World War One Germany were made to sign the demoralizing and humiliating Treaty of Versailles where they would have to; accept responsibility for the war, pay reparations of $33 Billion, reduce their armed forces and they also lost much of their once great German Empire. And so one of his aims was to abolish the Treaty and in doing so he remilitarized the Rhineland, Unite German-speaking countries and other territories that were lost and also increase the size and power of the army. Hitler was successful at achieving these aims because in March 1936 he remilitarized the Rhineland then in 1938 he declared that Austria and Germany would unify together in the Anschluss before turning his attention to the German influenced Sudetenland and the rest of Czechoslovakia and then also during the 1930s Germany would continue to re arm under Hitler and would use the Spanish civil war as a testing ground for their new army and also any future tactics for example the Blitzkrieg. Under
To what extent was Austria responsible for the failure of Italian revolutionaries in the years of 1820-1849? It can be argued that Austria was largely responsible for Italian revolutions failing between the years of 1820-1849. They were a dominant force within Italy and would not allow themselves to be overthrown. However it is clear that other factors also had a significant impact over the failure of Italian revolutionaries, such as the fragmentation within Italy at the time, the misguidance of the revolts, the Pope was withdrawing his support of the revolts and their figurehead Mazzini being in exile. Revolutions between 1820-1821, 1831-1832 and 1948-1949 were all ultimately overthrown to some extent by Austrian force.
In this case we are talking about Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey and Germany. When the representatives of all 32 countries arrived at Versailles, the situation was fraught. The reason for that was the debarment of all the five losing countries. That basically means that they had to accept whatever was decided by the conference. Russia was left out as well for the reason that they had a revolution in 1917 and the new government reconciled with Germany.
When And Why Did The Second World War Turn Against Hitler And His Allies? In September 1939 the world descended into the most violent conflict in its history. This was as a result of many years of poverty stress and anger at other countries (from Germany). Hitler took this downfall of the country to become the prime minister, as he often said that if he became the leader of Germany he would sort the country of all its problems. Hitler then took away the “Power of the People” by replacing parliament with a self proclaimed dictatorship, which most Germans welcomed.
The Austrian Empire forcefully repressed the idea of nationalism that was growing on the Italian peninsula, as well as in the other parts of Habsburg domains. The Austrian Chancellor Franz Metternich, an influential diplomat at the Congress of Vienna, stated that the word ‘Italy’ was nothing more than "a geographic expression”. Between 1815 and 1850 there were many failed revolutions. In 1814, the Carbonari started organising revolutionary activity. The first of these revolutions was in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1820.
Winston Churchill in early 1914 said Europe was an “exceptional tranquillity” the First World War was declared in 1914 when Germany and their ally Austria-Hungary announced war on; Belgium, France, Britain and Russia also known as the ‘Triple Entente’ drawing each respective empires from across the world against the ‘Central Powers’. Many people blame Germany for the outbreak of the war, but how accountable are they? This essay will investigate how far Germany can be blamed for the war spanning 4 years from 1914-1918 claiming approximately 10 million peoples lives and leaving long lasting bitterness in Europe for years to come. Germany could be blamed for the First World War, as it had ambition that out-weighed the capability of what the world could provide and the expectation of a brand new ruthless leader in Kaiser Wilhelm II. This in addition to the point that Germany had just been through an industrialisation stage and was trying establish itself as a world power lead to the First World War as this ambition lead to other countries becoming threatened.