Political Science 2103A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Claus Von Stauffenberg, 20 July Plot, Ludwig Beck
28 Feb 2016
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Lecture the attempted assassination of adolf hitler. Background: rise to power chancellor in 1933, 1934 office of president abolished, and hitler named fuhrer of germany. Established an oath to the fuhrer for loyalty. Head of state and government: rearmament and alliances russia, built up nazi military. Was required by the treaty of versailles to have a military no bigger than 100k men, but ignored this clause and built up the military to 600k+ men: german territorial expansion; 1938 unification with austria; munich agreement and sudetenland to. 1939 invasion of poland start of the second world war. 1940 invasion of denmark, norway, france, luxembourg, holland, belgium, 1941 operation barbarossa and the invasion of poland. Battle of stalingrad (august 1942 february 1943) turning point in the war ussr won. Normandy landings june 6th, 1944 western front d-day. Numerous assassination attempts on the life of hitler since he 1930s. The july 20 plot: july 20th, 1944, ludwig beck (1880-1944)
