HST 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Erich Ludendorff, Dawes Plan, Axis Powers
8 Mar 2016
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Death toll vastly came from soviet russia and poland roughly 37 million people killed, many were civilians. Genocide of jews, war against civilians just as much as war between armies civilian death toll came from both sides, allies and axis powers, (bombing of britain vs bombing of germany, bombing japan) Total war, drew upon every citizen and nation involved, harnessing all resources, total commitment of economy and all-encompassing things in a country propaganda. Germany and the aftermath of world war i. World war i legacy emergence of a new democratic germany. Germany- hitler became chancellor in a democratic manor. Trade was cut off to germany and many people could not feed themselves, this lead to a million germans who starved to death, and no coal to heat their homes. German state recognized suffering and used propaganda to inspire the people, keep people believing that their fighting makes a difference and ensuring german victory.
