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Access to History: Germany: Democracy to Dictatorship c.1918-1945 for WJEC
Nicholas Fellows
Access to History: Germany: Democracy to Dictatorship c.1918-1945 for WJEC
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Exam board: WJEC
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)

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Language
English
ISBN
9781510459014
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Contents
Introduction: about this book
CHAPTER 1 Context: Germany in 1914
CHAPTER 2 The challenges facing the Weimar Republic 1918–23
1 The collapse of the imperial regime of Kaiser Wilhelm II
2 The Treaty of Versailles and its impact on Germany
3 The Weimar constitution
4 Challenges to Weimar from the left and right
5 The emergence of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party
6 The economic crisis
7 The occupation of the Ruhr
8 Key debate: What was the nature of the German Revolution?
CHAPTER 3 Foreign and economic policy 1924–9
1 The appointment of Gustav Stresemann as chancellor
2 Was there an economic recovery under Stresemann?
3 Attempts to aid German economic recovery: the Dawes Plan and Young Plan
4 Foreign policy under Gustav Stresemann
5 Key debate: How far did Germany recover in the years 1924–9?
CHAPTER 4 The changing fortunes of the Nazi Party 1924–33
1 The recovery of the Nazi Party in the 1920s
2 The strength of the Nazi Party by 1929
3 The changing fortunes of the Nazis by 1932
4 The reasons for growing support for the Nazi Party
5 Key debate: Who voted for the Nazis?
CHAPTER 5 The crisis of the Weimar Republic 1929–33
1 The impact of the Great Depression
2 The Brüning government and presidential rule
3 The roles of Hindenburg, Papen and Schleicher
4 The collapse of Weimar democracy
5 Political intrigue and Hitler’s appointment as chancellor
6 Key debate: Was the creation of a Nazi dictatorship inevitable?
Question practice: AS level
CHAPTER 6 Developments in Nazi control of Germany after 1933
1 Hitler’s consolidation of power 1933–4
2 Propaganda
3 Indoctrination and terror
4 The Nazi political system
5 Was Hitler a totalitarian dictator?
6 Support for the regime
7 Opposition and resistance
CHAPTER 7 Nazi racial, social and religious policies 1933–45
1 Nazi racial ideology
2 Anti-Semitism
3 Policies towards ‘asocials’
4 Social policies
5 Workers
6 The Churches
7 The effectiveness of Volksgemeinschaft
CHAPTER 8 Nazi economic policy 1933–45
1 The performance of the economy 1933–9
2 The wartime economy
3 The role of individuals
4 Trade unions
5 Conclusion: Nazi economic policy
CHAPTER 9 Nazi foreign policy and the Second World War 1933–45
1 The aims of Nazi foreign policy to 1939
2 The outbreak of war
3 German success in western Europe
4 The turning point of the Second World War
5 The Wannsee Conference (1942) and the Final Solution
6 The defeat of Germany
7 The impact of war on society
Question practice: A level
Exam focus: WJEC AS and A level
Timeline
Glossary of terms
Further reading
Index
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