Describe the rise of Nazi Germany from the late 1920s to 1940
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
A severe economic depression in the 1920s facilitated the rise of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party.
In 1933 Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
Extolling fanatical nationalism and the racial superiority of “Aryan” Germans, Hitler blamed Jews for Germany’s problems.
In 1936 Nazi troops occupied the Rhineland.
Hitler and Mussolini signed the Axis Pact, and Japan forged an alliance with Germany.
In the spring and summer of 1938, Hitler annexed Austria to the Third Reich and then demanded that the Sudetenland be turned over to Germany.
In 1939, with the help of the Soviet Union, Germany invaded Poland.
By 1940, Hitler was sweeping through Europe.
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