4. Germany became a totalitarian
Germany became a totalitarian state
because of Prussian, and the
depression. One of the reasons Russia
became totalitarian was because
Prussian was over thrown. The second
reason was that a black cloud of
depression hit Germany so they were
forced to become totalitarian.
5. Night of broken glass
In November 7th an event called night of
broken glass took place. One of
Germany’s many generals gets killed in
Paris. Hell breaks loose and every
Jewish business destroyed.
6. Austria was annexed
When Austria was annexed they had to
form Anschluss. They were annexed to
Germany’s third Reich on March 12th
1938.To be annexed means to add to
one’s town or territory.
7. Czech crises
Czech crises lead Germany to catching
Sudetenland. In a rush to capture Czech
Germany decides to harass them so
they could get it fast. France and Britain
didn’t want to have a fight with Germany
so they gave them Sudetenland without
a fight.
9. soviet non-aggression pact
The Nazi soviet non-aggression pact
was pact signed by Hitler and Stalin.
This was like a treaty between Poland
and Germany, this made it so Hitler
would not attack the soviets, nor would
the soviets attack Germany. This was all
broken when Hitler invaded Poland.
10. Germany invaded Poland
When Germany invaded Poland, Stalin
did not know what was happening
because of the non-aggression pact
signed by both Hitler and Stalin. Poland
was not prepared so Germany easily
took Poland without a fight. Stalin was
not happy; he now knew that Hitler was
not to be trusted.
11. Hitler invades the Soviet Union
Hitler had the upper hand so he decides
to invade the Soviet Union. Hitler
launched operation Barbarossa, and this
would later cause many casualties in
Russia. Hitler was unstoppable at this
point the soviets were just getting
destroyed.
12. In 1933 Hitler began what is known as the
holocaust, this was made to kill all Jews.
Hitler put all the Jews he could find in
camps that tortured them and sometimes
killed them. Hitler’s actions had gone too
far, he knew he was going to get captured
as a war criminal, he did a move that is
called the “final solution” this was made to
eliminate any evidence of torture done to
Jews, but his plan failed so he killed
himself.
