... or Lebensraum. Lebensraum became known as the purpose of achieving more of this space, and it could only be achieved through the use of force. In 1925 Hitler became obsessed by his "delusions of grandeur" of a greater Germany, and believed that he was in fact the heroic leader ... Hitler had undertaken. It was where Hitler could appeal to the masses and united Germany, he successfully achieved this with an "overpowering emotional force that left people with stronger convictions for patriotism then ever before". Hitler realised that propaganda could only work to people of "limited intell...

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... topple the power of the Social Democracy movement, so as to allow himself to rule Germany instead. Kerchaw recognizes that Hitler used fear and hatred Jews as a bonding force, as a way to force all patriotic Germans to be behind him without leaving any dissenting voices; "All splits were to be avoided in the struggle against the most terrible enemy of the German ... service of supra-state world finance Jewry" (Hitler 600). Even at that early of a date, Hitler was already beginning to call Jewry a world plague, which could only be fought by force of arms. Hitler would often make referenc...

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... and was be able to create and develop a political party that appealed to the masses. In Hitler's attempt to gain political control and power he used coercion through a process of force and threats to influence people. WHAT IS COERCION? Coercion is forcing people against their will to do what one wants them to do. Although threats and ... force can change behavior, they usually aren't the best approach. The recipient of the threats can counterattack, leading to an escalating cycle of hostility. Hitler and his Nazis threatened high treason ... national level, and no matter how many batt...

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... resentment and angry enough to avenge the allies and lead to another war. After all of that one could still see how under those conditions with public opinion being the driving force behind most leaders and the conditions of the war how the harsh punishments imposed on Germany could be avoided. The Treaty of Versailles included many condtions in it some of ... . With this in mind the leaders had to greatly reduce and demoralize the German people by first and formost stating that the Germans were not to have a navy or air force. This could be seen as a big blow to Germany whose navy was s...

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... of Prussia in 1862, introduced a violent foreign policy through a series of wars of unification with neighbouring countries Austria and France to pave the way for unification. The single most important driving force towards a unified Germany was a common German people and culture across the many German states. Throughout the Middle Ages and right up to the early nineteenth century, Germany comprised of hundreds ... defeated at Sedan, and surrender terms were discussed. Even so, the new republican rulers of France continued to fight the Germans. The Germans went on to surround Paris and ...

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... really be disputed by any serious historian and is very relevant in the Intentionalist argument. The fundamental belief in the Intentionalist school of thought is that Anti-Semitism was Hitler's driving force. The school of thought known as Functionalism is considered to be a revisionist view of the holocaust. But this in no way should be interpreted as lessening the enormity of the ... ...

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... of other influences that may have caused these events. Socially, we can try to argue that even deprivation on the scale felt by the German people is not enough to force a society to become something they are not, unless really they already are. Throughout history there have been so many wars between different races. Although issues of religion are often the ... main driving forces between warring nations, if you listen to any insults that become circulated about the opposing side, it becomes apparent that they are nearly always racial. So is it possible ... ...

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