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DP Move to Global War: Case Study 2: Germany and Italy, 1933-39

Guide for DP History

Links

Road to War
Weimar Germany and the Rise of the Nazis
Germany in Transition, 1929-47
Behemoth: The Structure and Power of Nazi Socialism

Each chapter has its own PDF
Road to War: Interactive Map
Mussolini's Rise to Power

Guiding Questions
The Interwar Years

Nazis and the German Economy
Economic History of the Nazi Regime
Was the Nazi Economy Geared to War?

History Today article--log in.
Economics of WW II

PDF--early section has a good discussion of pre-war economies
Economic History of Germany
Political Economics and the Weimar Disaster
Economics and Politics in the Weimar Republic
How Hitler Tackled Unemployment and Revived Germany's Economy
Nazi Social/Economic Impacts on Daily Life
Soviet and Nazi Economic Planning in the 30's

large download!
Deutsche Bank and the Nazi Economic War Against the Jews

American Ambassador in Berlin: Observing Hitler's Foreign Policy 1933-37,
der Spiegel: The Failure of Appeasement
Munich Agreement or Soviet Non-Aggression Pact: Which caused the war?
Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement

History Today article--you may need to login. See Ms. Hurd for details.
How the World saw the Nazi-Soviet Pact

History Today article--log in.
The Munich Agreement: Churchill's Speech to the House of Commons

Handout: Mussolini's Foreign Policy