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Hitler's Fault - Coggle Diagram
Hitler's Fault
Impact of the Great Depression
Democratic countries became more inward-looking.
The US, Britain, and France focused on economic recovery and wanted to avoid any expensive wars or military commitments abroad
Fear of a global communist revolution.
The US, Britain, and France focused on economic recovery and wanted to avoid any expensive wars or military commitments abroad
Rise of fascism(Dictatorship)
The Great Depression helped fascism grow(More Appealing), especially in Italy, Spain, Germany, & Japan, fascist leaders gained power, promising Jobs, Stability, National Pride
Encouragement of fascist aggression
Communists argued capitalism had failed & claimed communism was the only solution to economic collapse. Which frightened; Business owners, Middle classes, Conservatives
Many supported fascism as protection against communism.
Failure of Collective Security
Appeasement
•Germany is allowed to break the TOV
•Germany is allowed to grow stronger to the point it can threaten peace in Europe again
•The world sees that Britain & France are weak and will not stop Aggression
•If Britain or France act tough in 1936 when Germany is still weak, they can stop WWII
LON
Severely weakened
US Isolation
The US followed isolationism after WW1 which grew stronger during the Great Depression. Although the US had the resources to possibly stop fascist aggression, it did not want to get involved in overseas conflicts. US isolation weakened the League indirectly.
Japan's + Italy's relationship
With Germany
With West
Impact of the TOV
On Germany
Loss of land:
1) Alsace Lorraine was returned to France.
2) Germany lost land to the recreated Poland, Belgium and Denmark.
3) The League of Nations was given control of the Saar region for 15 years but France had control over its coal fields (before it goes into a plebiscite where the people could choose whether Saar belongs to France or Germany)4) All the land taken from Russia in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk had to be returned.5) Germany's overseas empire was taken away to become mandates controlled by the League of Nations(Britain and France controlled them).6) Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria.-In total Germany lost 72,500 km2 land and between 6-7 million peopleMilitary restrictions:1) The army was limited to 100,000 men.2) Conscription was banned.3) Germany was not allowed tanks, submarines or military aircraft.4) The navy could only have 6 battleships.5) The Rhineland had to become a demilitarised zone. This meant no German troops were allowed near the French border. The Allies were allowed to keep an army of occupation there for 15 years.War guilt:The War Guilt clause (Clause 231) forced Germany to accept responsibility for the war. This provided the reason for punishing Germany so harshly in the treaty.Reparations:Germany had to pay for the damage caused by the war.The sum was set in 1921 at £6,600 million. Germany had to pay a certain amount each year.
On West
Fear of Communism + USSR
Wests relationship with Germany
Hitler was Anti-Communist and believed that Bolsheviks helped to defeat Germany in WW1 as well as them wanting to take over Germany
Wests foreign policy
Appeasement: Both countries felt that a strong Germany could serve as a buffer against the USSR as they feared a Communist revolution/invasion of Europe.