● Nazi stands for nationalsozialismus

● Addolf Hitler (r. 1933-1945) was the leader of this party

● Hitler was seen as a charismatic person because he showed sympathy to the young
people after the great war
● He was able to get Germany back into a state of power
● Some fled the country and some did not like him
● No one thought he’d become so big
● The republic thought they could use hitler and the nazi party
● They thought he was an idiot
● Germany is slowly getting on their feet
● He made himself appear as very vulnerable so no countries interfered
● He portrayed himself of a person of peace
● The Munich conference was a check on Hitler to see his true motives
● Germans invade Poland in Sept 1939
● France declares war on Germany and WWII starts
● Axis powers: German, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Japan, and Italy
● Allied Powers: Britain, France, United States, Soviet Union, Belgium, Australia, Canada,
China
● Blitzkrieg = lightning war
● Fast war
● The Germans were very powerful and scared the world
● A french general took the opportunity to become a dictator in france
● The germans sent bombs to get their ground force past the english channel and to hurt
their determination
● They try to bomb significant monuments called the (city) blitz
● The allied also bombed Germany
● Civilians were getting hurt
● The Germans realized Britain was taking too long and postponed invading them
● The Normandy Invasion happened in June 1944
● By March of 1945 the allied crossed the Rhine and Hitler commited suicide
● Japan however continued to fight
● After the atomic bombs they surrendered
● The holocaust was caused by the Germans and was the eridication of the Jews in
germany
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