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1
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What were hitlers 2 main economic priorities when he came to power in 1933?

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  • pull Germany through depression and unemployment

* have the money to rearm Germany to become powerful again

2
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Who was in charge of the German economy between 1933-35?

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Hjalmar Schacht

3
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What did Hjalmar Schacht believe in?

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Steady expansion of trade and strict control on amount of money spent on rearmament

4
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What did Schacht promote?

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Trade agreements between Germany and ledcs

They would import raw materials to Germany and in return Germany would give them industrial goods

5
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When was schachts new plan?

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1934

6
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What was schachts new plan?

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•reduce imports into Germany
•strengthen the currency
In order to rebuild Germany’s prosperity

7
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What did Schacht insist about faster rearmament? What did this cause?

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Faster rearmament would only interfere, this caused hitler to grow impatient with schachts caution

8
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What was hitlers method to turn Germany into a war machine?

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Blitzkrieg

9
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What is meant by blitzkrieg?

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Germany would conquer other countries one by one by rapid attack

10
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What would be caused by blitzkrieg?

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Germany could absorb the economy of the defeated country, become strengthened and move on to another country

11
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What would be the consequence of blitzkrieg?

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Germany would expand steadily and hitler would receive the lebensraum that he wanted

12
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Name 3 disadvantages to blitzkrieg

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  • increased working hours
  • steady wages
  • fewer consumer goods to buy
13
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Name the reasons for blitzkrieg

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  • gain power for Germany

* prepare for war

14
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When was blitzkrieg introduced?

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Around 1935 ish

15
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When was blitzkrieg enforced?

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1936

16
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What was the 4 year plan?

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A plan designed for 3 reasons

  • speed up rearmament
  • prepare Germany for war in 4 years
  • make Germany self sufficient in raw materials
17
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What year was Schacht dismissed?

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1936

18
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What year did goering take over the 4 year plan?

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1936

19
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What was autarchy?

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The process of making Germany self sufficient in raw materials through the development of home produced substitutes

20
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What did the 4 year plan bring?

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  • considerable increase in expenditure on armaments and German army
  • growing confidence in hitlers foreign policy and defiance to the treaty of Versailles
21
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What year did hitler remilitarise the Rhineland?

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1936

22
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What year did Germany unite with Austria?

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1938

23
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When did Germany invade Poland?

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September 1939

24
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What was goering in charge of?

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The gestapo