The document summarizes the rise of the Nazi party in Germany following World War 1 and the actions taken under Hitler's leadership in the 1930s that violated the Treaty of Versailles and expanded German territory, setting the stage for World War 2. It describes the economic and social conditions after WWI that helped the Nazi party rise to power in Germany. It then outlines key events and policies of Hitler's regime such as rearmament of Germany, annexation of Austria and territories of Czechoslovakia, and the invasion of Poland in 1939 which triggered World War 2 after France and Britain declared war on Germany.

1. G. R. A. S. P.
The Darkening StormThe Darkening Storm
over Europeover Europe

2. World War IWorld War I
 1918
– Defeat of Germany
 Treaty of Versailles
and War Guilt Clause
 Economic Hardships
 “Stabbed in the Back
Legend ”
– German soldiers did not
lose the war, but those
on the Home Front did.
• Democrats
• Socialists
• Jews

3. The Promise of a German Utopia
 German Workers
Party
 Nationalist Socialist
Workers Party
 This party provided
something for
everyone
“Make Germany Great Again”

4. The Hitler MovementThe Hitler Movement
 Oratory
 Organization
 Propaganda
 The Fuhrer
“…“…barkingbarking
gunpowder…”gunpowder…”

5. NAZI Terror TacticsNAZI Terror Tactics
 The Sturmabteilung
or SA
 1921 Political Arm of
the Party = thugs
 Brown Shirts
 Roman Salute
 Mein Kampf

6. The NAZI IdeologyThe NAZI Ideology
 Brutal Social Darwinism
 Constant racial war for
“living space”
 Superior Race = Aryan
Race = blond, tall,
honest, good, creative,
healthy, strong
 Racial Utopia
achieved from within

7. NAZI PROPAGANDANAZI PROPAGANDA
 Mass meetings
 Coordinated marching
 Youthful (29 years)
 Joseph Goebbels
Dachau “re-education” campDachau “re-education” camp

8. NAZI Party TimelineNAZI Party Timeline
 1930: 2nd
largest
political party
 1932: largest party
 1933: Hitler
Chancellor and Nazi’s
in power
 1934: 85% of voters
approved of Nazi’s
 SA = 4 million men

10. G. R. A. S. P.G. R. A. S. P.
G – German Rearmament
1936: Hitler’s Four-Year Plan
– the illegal rebuilding of military
1939: FULL-employment in Germany
– A NAZI Utopia
Vast Public Works
– Autobahn and Volkswagen and
Volksempfänger

11. German Rearmament
A Review of German Troops, 1939

12. Hitler Builds HisHitler Builds His
War MachineWar Machine

13. German Aggression
German Aggression 1936-1939

14. G. R. A. S. P.G. R. A. S. P.
R – Rhineland – Hitler illegally
puts troops in the Rhineland
(East of Germany) 1936

15. G. R. A. S. P.G. R. A. S. P.
A – Austria.
Hitler annexed Austria, 1936

16. G. R. A. S. P.G. R. A. S. P.
S – Sudetenland. (Part of
Czechoslovakia) is given to
Hitler at Munich Conference
1938
Dark brown

17. The Munich Agreement
Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement

18. The Munich AgreementThe Munich Agreement
“It was like giving a cannibal
a finger in the hopes of saving
an arm.”

19. Further German Aggression
Polish city of Wielu after German bombing September 1, 1939ń

20. 8 WAYS8 WAYS
TO RESOLVIN CONFLICTSTO RESOLVIN CONFLICTS
 Appeasement: satisfying the enemy by
political or economic concessions,
generally at the sacrifice of a moral
principle
 Negotiations: on the basis of equality
 Economic sanctions: measures taken by
one country to coerce another by
withholding money or cutting back trade

21.  Concessions: to give something up
 Diplomacy: art and practice of conducting
negotiations between nations
 Ultimatum: a final proposal, condition or
demand the rejection of which will cause a
resort to force or action
 Status quo: existing state of affairs
 War:

22. Was appeasement the right
policy for England in 1938?
Central Historical
Question

23. HITLERHITLER
“CULT OF PERSONALITY”“CULT OF PERSONALITY”
 Claimed to
want PEACE.
 Ruthless Terror
 The Night of
Long Knives
Blood Purge
A cult of personality arises when an individual uses mass
media, propaganda, or other methods to create an idealized,
heroic, and at times worshipful image, often through
unquestioning flattery and praise.

24. THE HITLER PEOPLETHE HITLER PEOPLE
 Boys = Hitler
Youth Military
Training
 Girls = League
of German Maidens
 Women =
Producers of
purified German
families
 Men = Serve the
Nazi Party/Military
Fanaticism =
the highest German praise!

25. BlitzkriegBlitzkrieg = Lighting War= Lighting War
 1939: The Nazi-
Soviet Pact or the
Pact of Non-
Aggression
 Carve-up the
Common Enemy of
Democracy!!

26. G. R. A. S. P.G. R. A. S. P. P – Poland. Hitler invades Poland in
1939.
 AXIS Powers: Germany, Italy, USSR,
Japan
France & England
declare war.

27. Hitler into PolandHitler into Poland

28. “…“…only the unloved hate…”only the unloved hate…”