World War 2 question?

Question

What mistakes did the democracies make in dealing with Hitler? What were Hitler's goals, and how did he begin carrying them out? What was the signigicance of the invasion of Poland in triggering the conflict?

Answer 1

Having secured supreme political power, Hitler went on to gain their support by convincing most Germans he was their saviour from the Depression, the Communists, the Versailles Treaty, and the Jews, along with other "undesirable" minorities.


Economics and culture
Hitler oversaw one of the greatest expansions of industrial production and civil improvement Germany had ever seen, mostly based on debt flotation and expansion of the military. Nazi policies toward women strongly encouraged them to stay at home to bear children and keep house. In a September 1934 speech to the National Socialist Women's Organization, Adolf Hitler argued that for the German woman her “world is her husband, her family, her children, and her home,” a policy which was reinforced by the bestowing of the Cross of Honor of the German Mother on women bearing four or more babies, which resembled the Mother Heroaward of the Soviet Union under Stalin.. The unemployment rate was cut substantially, mostly through arms production and sending women home so that men could take their jobs. Given this, claims that the German economy achieved near full employment are at least partly artifacts of propaganda from the era. Much of the financing for Hitler's reconstruction and rearmament came from currency manipulation by Hjalmar Schacht, including the clouded credits through the Mefo bills. The negative effects of this inflation were offset in later years by the acquisition of foreign gold from the treasuries of conquered nations.


Another popular photo theme was Hitler and his dog Blondi, here seen at the terrace of the Berghof.Hitler also oversaw one of the largest infrastructure-improvement campaigns in German history, with the construction of dozens of dams, autobahns, railroads, and other civil works. Hitler's policies emphasised the importance of family life: men were the "breadwinners", while women's priorities were to lie in bringing up children and in household work. This revitalising of industry and infrastructure came at the expense of the overall standard of living, at least for those not affected by the chronic unemployment of the later Weimar Republic, since wages were slightly reduced in pre-World-War-II years, despite a 25% increase in the cost of living (Shirer 1959).

Hitler's government sponsored architecture on an immense scale, with Albert Speer becoming famous as the first architect of the Reich. While important as an Architect in implementing Hitler's classicist reinterpretation of German culture, Speer would prove much more effective as armaments minister during the last years of World War II. In 1936, Berlin hosted the summer Olympic games, which were opened by Hitler and choreographed to demonstrate Aryan superiority over all other races, achieving mixed results: most notably, African-American Jesse Owens won a Gold Medal, defeating "pure Aryan German athletes. Olympia, the movie about the games and other documentary propaganda films for the German Nazi Party were directed by Hitler's personal filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.

Although Hitler made plans for a Breitspurbahn (broad gauge railroad network), they were pre-empted by World War II. Had the railroad been built, its gauge would have been three metres, even wider than the old Great Western Railway of Britain.

Hitler contributed slightly to the design of the car that later became the Volkswagen Beetle, and charged Ferdinand Porsche with its design and construction.[13] Production was also deferred due to the war. (During the war, the Wolkswagenwerk factory produced military versions of the basic VW design, such as the Kugelwagen and the Schwimkugel). After the war, the factory actually built the famous Volkswagen Beetle, although numerous German workers who had diligently bought savings stamps from the Strength Through Joy offices and pasted them into KDFstamp books didn't get their promised KDFWagens, because the Third Reich no longer existed. (People were allowed to trade their stamp books for a nontrivial discount on a new WV Beetl

Answer 2

It may be easier to say what mistakes they didn't make. They assumed that as they were reasonable men that he was too. They believed everything he said, never able to fathom out the depths of his deceit. When he bullied, they gave in to preserve peace.

His goals were very clearly laid out in Mein Kampf. A greater Germany, lebensraum. The subjugation of the inferior species, Jews, Slavs, Gypsies and homosexuals. The last one has always been so ironic as most of the Nazi leaders were homosexual yet persecuted others for it. He wanted more room for Germany, to take the lands of those inferior races.

He carried them out in a very carefully prepared manner. First, breaking the arms ban. Then, reoccupying the Rhineland. Everyone said, that's OK, it is Germany. Then, the Anschluss, taking over Austria. Of course, he had to have the Austrian chancellor murdered first. Then the Sudetenland, the Germans in Czechoslovakia. Then the faked incidents and the invasion of what was left. It was a methodical, step by step progress, foreseeable and could have been stopped at any time if the western powers had wanted to.

The next step was the invasion of Poland, partitioning it with the Soviet Union. France and Britain had a treaty with Czechoslovakia, but just bullied the Czechs into giving uo the Sudetenland to save the worthless peace. Then, when Hitler invaded, it was the attitude, its not worth saving. So, the west gave up, I think, about 36 divisions of well trained, well equipped Czech troops to preserve the peace. Poland also had a treaty with France and Britain. The leaders there finally saw through Hitler and delivered an ultimatum. After all their previous behavior, caving into him, he didn't think they were serious and thought it was just a form, there would be diplomatic protests and that would be it. He was not prepared for the declaration of war that followed his invasion.

In the end, it proved to be too late for an easy victory over the Nazis. Even as late as the invasion of Csechoslavakia, if the west had gone to war, Hitler would have had to back down.

Answer 3

Mainly being afraid of another war conflict (WWI)

Answer 4

try http://www.historyplace.com it will break it all down for you.

Answer 5

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