... were others who were less optimistic about the union of Germany and Austria. Many felt that as the union of Austria provided Hitler with control of the iron and steel industries and a springboard to invade South Eastern Europe. This level of power in the hands of Hitler was ... Empire, and all of the countries lying to the south east of Europe. ...The mastery of Vienna gives to Nazi Germany military and economic control of the whole of the communications of south eastern Europe, by road, by river, and by rail. What is the effect of this ... yet again that Hitler could get away with int...

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... Historical scholarship has produced two main differing schools of thought on this subject, known as intentionalists and structuralists. The intentionalists argue that Hitler did indeed have a clear foreign policy program when he became Chancellor in January 1933. He had formulated this strict set of ideas several years earlier, and he consciously followed this plan throughout his twelve years ... Feeding "this new Army of citizens" would prove to be increasingly difficult unless Germany took corrective measures. Hitler set forth four probable policies on solving this population dilemma: b...

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... 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. German nationalism, stirred up after World War 1, was an important part of Nazi policy. It ultimately gave Hitler and the Nazis total control over all aspects of German life. Nazism is a belief that the Aryan (pure German) is a supreme form of ... and more votes in the elections (appendix), President Hindenburg had to appoint Hitler as Chancellor on 30th January 1933. Although not in total control yet, the Nazis showed what they were capable of doing by establishing the first concentration camps and imprisoning political opponents (app.). T...

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... by Jews. Eventually Germany turned from a militarist monarchy to a democracy, with an executive prime minister and a president that kept powerful authorities, the replacement of the king. The socialists gained control of the government. The situation in the streets got worse. The new government finally signed the peace treaty that included loss of territory, a severe economical burden of compensations, and severe ... politics as the new leader of this tiny political group that he initially spied on. It had a militarist 'eastern' oriented, anti-Semitic, nationalist foreign policy, with a...

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... , homes, and farms had been destroyed in the war. It would take time and money to recuperate. Equally important to causing the disparate distribution of wealth was tariff policy of the United States. The United States had traditionally placed tariffs on imports from foreign countries in order to protect American business. In the 1920's the United States strived ... an organized political movement through Mussolini's powerful writing and grasping articles, and because of this, Mussolini entered Parliament. Through Fascist Dictatorship, Mussolini set up a military dictatorship. Through fore...

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... to promote their own agendas. This sense of seclusion from the rest of the world was compounded by President Woodrow Wilson's anti-interventionist policy of strict neutrality. As the war went on, American sentiment changed as news was relayed of events abroad. The German occupation of territories ... 1925, President Calvin Coolidge affirmed, "The people have had all the war, all the taxation, and all the military service they want." Diplomatic policy in the 1920s shifted to deeper military isolationism, with a promotion of world peace through diplomatic means. In 1928 the French foreign m...

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... "battles" to implement schemes to make Italy self-sufficient. For example, the battle for agriculture and food production was the "Battle for Wheat" and the "Battle for Land" while the policy to increase the population was the "Battle for Births". Using this flair for common effort and nationalism he began several plots to increase Italy's self-sufficiency and have it rely ... every dictatorship, all other political parties were immediately banned. Leader of the Communist and Socialist parties within Germany were immediately placed in Concentration camps and were soon forgotten. To furt...

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... sprout of nationalism; a desire to push one's country further. The Russia-Austria Hungary is solely power based, as it is a feud over the control of the Balkans. That is not to say that just because nationalism is a big link between the causes that this ideology is to take full responsibility ... of war was the Balkans crisis where Slavs continued to try to separate from Austria-Hungary and also whether one of the European powers should control them. This eventually developed until the point where Austria-Hungary found an excuse to attack Serbia in the assassination and proceeded to do ...

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... sprout of nationalism; a desire to push one's country further. The Russia-Austria Hungary is solely power based, as it is a feud over the control of the Balkans. That is not to say that just because nationalism is a big link between the causes that this ideology is to take full responsibility ... of war was the Balkans crisis where Slavs continued to try to separate from Austria-Hungary and also whether one of the European powers should control them. This eventually developed until the point where Austria-Hungary found an excuse to attack Serbia in the assassination and proceeded to do ...

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... nationalistic feelings soared, and military authorities prepared for mobilization. The views of the Roehm and the other right winged groups seemed to be winning; Hitler in turn tried to regain control of his movement by staging the Beer Hall Putsch of November 8-9 , 1923. The putsch was aimed at capturing first the government, then the nation. Consequently, the Bavarian government was able ... and military affairs. With the reconquering of North Africa by the Allied forces and the loss at Stallingrad the war was virtually over. However with his hypnotic control Hitler was still able to ...

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... His fiery speeches quickly drew masses of people. He would work himself into such a frenzy that it would seem that he was going to lose all control and then quiet down again. He would do this over and over in a pattern that would in turn get the listeners on an emotional roller ... homes. They had no means of transportation, and he promised them automobiles. All this would be given to them if they offered him absolute loyalty and control. Of course this appeared to be a small sacrifice to bring them back to what they had before. But what about Hitler's Youth? How could he ... give in (H...

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... state official or judge. As well, all Reich Governors were expected, as a Nazi, to fulfill any order given out by the head of the Nazi party, and perform "the general policy laid down by the Reich Chancellor."" Essentially, by demolishing Germany's traditional federal-type state by abolishing the separate powers within the state, Hitler and the Nazi party unified the country ... were suspended, with their leaders placed under arrest. In order to lessen to chance of public outcry and backlash, Hitler reassured the workers that the Nazi party, who now assumed control of the trade unions, ...

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... to stop him. Stalin then initiated his five-year plan. He eliminated private businesses and the production of machinery and farm equipment became more important. He put farming under government control, which lead farmers to resist by killing their stock and produce. He exiled millions of Russian families and many others died of starvation and famine. When his plan backfired he ... and army officers. Stalin ruled based on the writing of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the Communist Manifesto. His "power was maintained through the exercise of terror and monopolistic control of the mean...

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... and by 1923 the Fascist movement came to power after the so-called 'March to Rome'1 and very soon after, under the dictatorial government of Benito Mussolini took complete control of society.2 In these years, the passion for nationalism on which the Fascist ideology was based found breeding sites everywhere in the world where the wounds of the Great War ... striving for a new 'Aryan master race' which resulted in the death of millions of innocent people because they were seen as 'impure' and 'degenerate' due to Hitler's policy of Racial Hygiene. Sport would help both...

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... out. The buildings are collapsing." Lenin wrote these lines in February 1921 following the end of the Russian revolution. Later that year Lenin introduced the "New Economic Policy" and the country seemingly began to regain control of the economy, despite the dismay of the communists. Soviet composers of the 1920's were confronted by many new problems. Firstly, the audiences at the time ... ...

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