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Political Successes:
- Platform appealed to and unified the people:
- Repudiation of Versailles; remilitarization
- Blame of misfortunes on Jews and Bolsheviks
- Democracy was bad and offered change
- Lebensraum
- Social Darwinism
- Right to self-determination
- Successful in legally obtaining power through democratic means; was successful in rising up in the Nazi Party; his party gained votes and gained the chancellorship
- Reichstag Fire was used to ban political parties
- Enabling Act was passed, giving Hitler dictatorial powers
- Night of the Long Knives was a successful purge of the SA (and any potential opposition to Hitler's rule)
- Army swore allegiance to Hitler personally through the Fuhrer Oath
- Remilitarized the country and created alliances without punishment
- Successfully misled and manipulated Britain and France into thinking that his demands would eventually be satisfied (ie - Munich Conference)
- Took over many countries, some without much opposition - Austrian Anschluss and Czechoslovakia
- Made a treaty with the Soviets to prevent a two-front war (Nazi-Soviet Pact)
- Blitzkrieg attacks worked against most countries in Europe, including Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France
Political Failures:
- Beer Hall Putsch failed
- Underestimated his enemies because he thought they would continue to appease him when he invaded Poland. The military wasn't ready for war
- Made an alliance with Italy (Pact of Steel) and then had to support Italy during much of the war because their army was so weak
- Allowed the evacuation of Dunkirk to take place
- Bombing of London (Blitz) raised their people's moral; it was supposed to lower it. He also stopped the Blitz when Britain was nearly exhausted of all air power
- Invaded the USSR and the offensive against Russia created a second front and drew resources from the West
- Declared war on the US after Pearl Harbor, honoring his commitment in the Anti-Comintern Pact
- Hitler believed that the landing in Normandy was a diversionary attack and that it would really happen at Pas-de-Calais
- Germany was defeated and fascism failed by the end of WWII
Economic Successes:
- Pulled the economy out of the depression and unemployment problems through the Four-Year Plan - public works programs and remilitarization, grants, and loans
- Brought strength to the military and jobs to the people by ignoring the Versailles Treaty
- Aryanization - the takeover of Jewish businesses was successful. By 1938 75-80% of Jewish businesses were taken over. This also led to more job opportunities for Aryans
Economic Failures:
- Didn't change to a full wartime economy until 1942
- Had no government group coordinating the economy until 1942
- Wasted a lot of money and resources to exterminate the Jews
Social Successes:
- He was successful in unifying Germany - rallies, speeches, Propaganda; gave the people a hope for a better future, nationalism
- Gleischaltung policy was successful in consolidating power by putting all parts of German society - government, press, education, trade unions, etc. - under the Nazi umbrella and instilled them with their aims/ideology
- Successful in indoctrinating the youth with Nazi values - Hitler Youth
- Put all labor unions under the Nazi Labor Front
- Carefully took away the rights of Jewish people and made all society subservient to him so that there would be little resistance
- Creating terror
- SA, SS, Gestapo
- Aryanization
- Holocaust/Concentration camps (after chancellorship)
- Book burnings got rid of opposing ideas
Social Failures:
- Goal of obtaining Lebensraum was not achieved
- Goal of exterminating the Jews was not completely fulfilled
- Policies to create a "pure" German society weren't fulfilled
- Goal of increasing births of Aryans was ultimately not met
What else can I help you with?
Names of the Fascist countries in World War 2?
GermanyItalyJapan
Is Nazi Germany fascism?
Nazi Germany was a form of Fascism......Fascism is a Political theory advocating (In favor of) and Authoritarian (characteristic of absolute leader)Hierarchical government opposed to democracyNazism is a Totalitarianism/Fascism type of government featuring racism and expansionism and and obedience to a strong leader in this case Hitler
What age were children taught about nazism?
After Hitler and the Nazi Party took control of Germany in 1933, the Nazi's began to use propaganda to infuse the nation's youth with the ideals (so-called ) of the Nazi style of fascism. The "Hitler Youth" was formed as a sort of American "Boy Scouts" and the children of Germany were educated in Nazi beliefs at an early age. The Nazi's even developed a program of awarding families who had multiple offspring to continue to populate Germany.
Which historical development showed the desire of a group to gain independence from a colonial power?
Rise of the nazi party in Germany
Was there a city named Nazi Germany?
No, Nazi Germany is the name given to Germany during the time Hitler was in power.
What kind of govornment did the Nazi Germany have?
Nazi Germany was a special form of fascism where the government appealed to the people's anger from losing WW1. They blamed it on the Jews and others and tried to breed a perfect people. So it technically was fascism.
Who were the fascist dictators of Germany and Italy during world war 2?
In Germany it was Hitler who was a Nazi, and in Italy it was Benito Mussolini, the inventor of Fascism.
Names of the Fascist countries in World War 2?
GermanyItalyJapan
Is Nazi Germany fascism?
Nazi Germany was a form of Fascism......Fascism is a Political theory advocating (In favor of) and Authoritarian (characteristic of absolute leader)Hierarchical government opposed to democracyNazism is a Totalitarianism/Fascism type of government featuring racism and expansionism and and obedience to a strong leader in this case Hitler
What age were children taught about nazism?
After Hitler and the Nazi Party took control of Germany in 1933, the Nazi's began to use propaganda to infuse the nation's youth with the ideals (so-called ) of the Nazi style of fascism. The "Hitler Youth" was formed as a sort of American "Boy Scouts" and the children of Germany were educated in Nazi beliefs at an early age. The Nazi's even developed a program of awarding families who had multiple offspring to continue to populate Germany.
What was Hitlers style of fascism?
Hitler may have tried to style National Socialism on Fascism, but one cannot call the Nazi system a style of Fascism.
What was one major difference between the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and Nazi Germany under Adolph Hitler?
Answer this question… Nazi Germany made luxury goods available to citizens, while the Soviet Union did not.
What other totalitarian system besides communism has existed in the world during the 20th century?
Communism is not totalitarian. A Communist world would have no government or classes or money.
What countries that use fascism?
Facism refers to a strict government that has a dictator who has the ultimate control and encourages on extreme racism and nationalism. The countries that were effected by fascism were Germany and Italy and countries taken over by Germany in world war 2.
Who rule over Nazi germany?
The Nazi party led by Adolf Hitler ruled Nazi Germany. That is why it is called "Nazi" Germany.
What relationship did Hitler have with the Nazi Germany?
He was the leader of Nazi Germany .
Are Fascism and Nazism the same?
No, they're not. However, they do have a lot of similarities. Additionally, as World War II dragged on, Nazi Germany largely took control of Fascist Italy, and forced Italy to take Nazi policies as their own, further blurring the lines between the two.
