Defeat+of+Germany,+WWII

Amy Geis 2. Considering the period 1933-1945, analyze the economic, diplomatic, and military reasons for Germany’s defeat in the Second World War. Thesis: In the time period of 1933-1945, Germany was being led by Hitler who desperately wanted power and was willing to obtain it at all costs, which eventually led to his own defeat in World War II because of his economic tendencies of focusing on obtaining territory, his various pacts with different countries, and his various military movements which eventually turn against him.

Amy Geis 1. Economic -Did not want to take away from the German people -Encouraged women to stay at home -Propaganda of full employment -Remove Versailles restrictions -Abandoned attempts at world industry and trade; concentrated on living space //(Lebensraum)//

2. Diplomatic -Posed as man of peace -prudent foreign policies -Withdrew from Geneva Disarmament Conference -Revise Versailles Treaty -condemned by France, Italy, and Britain -Alliance with Fascist Mussolini -Achieved "diplomatic revolution" -Non agression pact: Soviet Union and Germany. Would not intervene in each other's battles -Pact of Steel: Italy and Germany as alliances

3. Military -Maginot Line  -Dunkirk rescue -Britain:  -//Luftwaffe// battles  -British radar system  -Ultra intelligence operations (broke German codes)  -Hitler's shift from military targets to city bombing, British strengthened air force against //Luftwaffe//  -Germany lost the Battle of Britain, invasion postponed -Declared war on US  -US joined the Grand Alliance -Mediterranean strategy  -not fully committed <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Stalingrad <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> -German Sixth army captured

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Outside Source: "Axis Powers WW2." __Battlefield Naval Strategy Games__. Strategy Light Series. 25 Apr 2011. <http://www.battle-fleet.com/pw/his/Axis%20Powers%20WW2%20Pact%20of%20Steel.htm>