Hitler used this to his advantage by tricking the German people into believing his views. ... In 1929 the American Stock Market crashed, a powerful symbol of the growing depression. Germany was particularly badly affected, since Germany's economy was partly dependent on Americas prosperity and a large number of loans made by America to Germany were called back and the German economy crashed (Shirer 168-169). ... Hitler shot his pistol in the middle of Kahr's speech and shouted, "The national revolution has begun." The "revolution" began when Hitler lied to the people saying th...

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The Spartacist rising of 1919 was an early political factor that encouraged the initial success of Hitler during the rise of fascism in Germany during the 1920's. ... On the 8th November 1923 Hitler and the Nazi party held the "Munich Beer-Hall Putsch" in an attempt to stage a National revolution, and seize power to rule the nation. ... The treaty required Germany to pay the Allies reparations for the damage incurred during World War I. ... During its early years the Weimar Government faced many problems, which came to a head during 1923. ... Where once the German mark was worth 4.5 to th...

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However, it was realized during the early 1990's that the transition to market economies and democracies was laborious thus causing declines in production and inflation in the region. ... During the same period, China underwent several transformations, which included opening up the economy to the west and increasing foreign investment. ... The side effects of western influences in the market caused society to seek changes in the political system leading to the cultural- revolution. ... Countries in Africa and Latin America chose to end many of their planned socialism projects and focus...

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Specifically, these notes should help us understand why potential opponents of Hitler-during Germany's post-WW1 Weimar period-failed to prevent the Nazi dictatorship. ******************** In our attempt to understand Biz's domestic policy aims and accomplishments 1871-1890, we should consider how it was that Biz came to be in a position to determine domestic policy in Germany in the first place. ... During his first decade as chancellor, Biz was allied to the liberals in the Reichstag, not because he was himself a liberal, bu...

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The Growth and Implementation of Hitler's Continental Expansionist Foreign Policy Program One of the most interesting historiographical debates about the Second World War concerns the nature of Hitler's foreign policy. Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than...

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