... through the ice-free Norwegian ports. Hitler also occupied Denmark, because it was in the way of the German attack (Shirer 991). Hitler then ordered the attack on Belgium, Holland and France. The British and French had predicted that the German attack would come through Belgium. So the British and ... who only asked to be left alone" The war had now become a world war, no longer a European conflict (Shirer 1142). In April 1942 Hitler ordered a new summer offensive in Russia. His plan was to push south, capturing the oil fields of the Caucuses while holding the line elsewhere on the East...

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... coalmining region was to be placed under the leagues control until 1935 and all foreign currency and gold was to be confiscated. A union with Austria was forbidden and Germany was ordered to pay £6,600 million in reparations in war damages and pensions inflicted on Britain, Italy and France. She was also forced to accept guilt for starting the war and ... were in a position to take any action were back at work it would all be over. However whilst acknowledging his army was in no position to withstand French opposition, Hitler ordered his troops to withdraw if such opposition occurred. ...

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... misguidedly fails in this duty can expect disciplinary action. Every bullet, which leaves the barrel of a police pistol, now is my bullet. If one calls this murder, then I have murdered. I ordered this. I back it up. I assume responsibility, and I am not afraid to do so. I don't have to worry about justice. My mission is only to destroy & exterminate, nothing more! " (Middleton, D. 1987 ... by the Nazi regime and they had to pay money to the government for damage done by government militias. (appendix)As Germany or Third Reich started to lose WW2, Hitler ordered all Jews to be transport...

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... to the slaughter" was resistance. Bettleheim gives a story of a woman determined to stand up for herself in any way possible. The commanding SS guard had discovered she was a dancer, and ordered her to dance in front of everyone. After her dance, she approached the guard, shot him dead, only to be put to death by other guards minutes later (264, 265 ... ...

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... Prussian boarders. Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, Prussia's chief of the general staff, prompted the king to mobilize its forces before "Prussia becomes over-run." (4) In May or 1866, William ordered troops to be moved to the Austrian-Prussian boarders. William did not like the idea of fighting Austria because he thought of it as a "brother's war." (5) With both sides moving ... ...

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... people for solutions to their economic woes. Also through some very crude tactics the Nazi party showed its readiness to end the turmoil in the streets and bring about an ordered social and political system. Firstly it must be pointed out that Germany and German refer to people who speak a particular language rather than a geographical area. This means that countries such ... ...

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... enough capital to rebuild, let alone pay out millions of dollars in compensation to the Allies. In 1918 the German Government had only $577,089,500 dollars, and they were ordered to pay out $5,000,000,000 over the next two years. This amount alone was barely payable, however when the treaty was first signed the Germans had no idea how ... ...

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... what was impossible. However, the penalty of glorious valour, created by utter stupidity, the threat of firing squads, together with sources like F and G, created a situation where whole regiments were destroyed, ordered to "walk" towards the opposing trenches, methods such as movement and fire reckoned to "impede the advance." Indeed, source F is useful for reference at this point, and despite being drawn ... ...

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... even deviate from the German constitution. This would give the chancellor immense power over every aspect of German life. Understandably, many people rejected this bill at first. Unconcerned, Hitler instead ordered the SS to threaten those in opposition and soon the Bill was passed. With this power, Hitler soon became the only and supreme power in Germany. Ironically, Hitler spread his ... ...

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... sailors died on the USS Kearney on October 17, 1941. 115 sailors were lost on the Reuben James. Because of all the attacks on US ships in the Atlantic, Roosevelt ordered vessels to "shoot-on-sight- on German ships or subs. This undeclared naval battle mainly between the US and Germany brought America very close to war. All the US needed ... ...

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... a small group of Gestapo travelled in the middle of the night to a resort where Rohm was staying. In recognition of his long friendship with Hitler, Rohm was given a pistol and ordered to kill himself, but he refused and was executed. Over the next four days, about 150 S.A. leaders were rounded up and shot by firing squads. The following year, Nazi policy ... ...

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... Stalin did it, seven million Russian peasants died of famine over a five-year period. Stalin also became obsessed with destroying all opposition. Through the use of his secret police, Stalin ordered purges, which often included his own communist party members, and seven million were executed and another seven million sent to slave camps. Including those that died in camps, Stalin was ... ...

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... fate was in the hands of one man, and in just a few short seconds one could either be dead or tortured for the next few years. All the Jews were ordered out of the wagons and immediately Elie and his father began to look for his mother and wife. When they found them, it was too late-- his mother and sisters ... ...

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... a bunker for the last year of his life as a result of paranoia and physical sickness. He developed resentment for the German people and said that they had betrayed him. Adolf ordered that all materials needed to rebuild Germany be destroyed. His last wish was that Germany be a desert unusable by anyone for a thousand years (Stalcup, 120-137). April 16, 1945, began ... ...

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