Edexcel History 8. Germany United

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The idea of a 'people's community' - unified, classless, and racially pure - promoted by the Nazis, allowing them to tap into a broad rather than sectarian base of support

Those individuals whom in January 1933 were the three Nazis in Cabinet holding the posts of Chancellor, Prussian Minister of the Interior, and Reich Minister of the Interior

A term used by Ludendorff to describe the 8th August 1918, the first day of the Battle of Amiens which saw a collapse in German morale and a retreat towards the Hindenburg Line, breached in October

30th June 1934 when many insider Nazi critics such as Ernst Röhm were arrested and executed, popular with many, particularly conservatives and generals, while leaving Hitler firmly in control

A treaty between Russia, Austria, and Germany to come to the aid of each other in the case of attack by a fourth power (France), undermined by the war in sight crisis by splitting Germany and Russia and dissolved over Austro-Russian disputes in the Balkans

That party which responded to the outbreak of war in 1914 by overwhelmingly voting in favour of approving war credits such as war bonds, believing the war to be defensive and of short duration, while also appearing patriotic, despite vehemently opposing war before

That group which posed the greatest threat to Hitler's rule, placated by increased funding and abandonment of the restrictions of Versailles, until his dictatorship was secure enough to sideline its leadership

That fundamental law of the German Empire which granted unique powers to the Southern States, by allowing them to retain their own railways and postal systems, and exempting them from taxes on beers and spirits

That, the result of which was that Bethmann-Hollweg was forced to resign, being replaced with compliant George Michaelis, leaving the military dictatorship and its new Vaterlandspartei in an even more dominant position

The 25 states that together comprised the German Empire

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The number of the 12 person cabinet that were Nazis in January 1933

Head of the SA who criticised Hitler for not being radical enough, himself wanting to absorb the army into the SA, killed on the Night of the Long Knives, in part due to a politically motivated claim by Himmler that he was plotting a coup

A Centre Party politician and Vice Chancellor from January 1933 to August 1934 who persuaded Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as Chancellor in the belief that he could be controlled and steered into establishing a military dictatorship

1935 laws that stripped German Jews of citizenship and many rights such as to vote or to marry 'Aryan' persons

The years in which the annual civilian death toll from starvation rose from 121,000 to 293,000

He who has often been criticised as his reforms did not go much further than those already established by Prince Maximilian von Baden, while his use of the Freikorps to crush the communist and workers councils empowered the anti-democratic right

The idea centred around superiority and a 'survival of the fittest' mentality, that much nationalism within the German Empire was based on

That party the key aims of which were to unite Germany, enshrine in law liberty and the rule of law, strengthen the Reichstag, continue to evolve the constitution, and promote and protect free trade

Those whom the urban population showed anger towards as they mostly falsely believed them to be hoarding food and thus causing shortages while facing none themselves

That organisation, the prime motivation behind the formation of which was to keep workers content so as to facilitate rearmament and industrial production, and to secure support for the Nazi Party, while giving workers as few rights as possible