HIST 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Joseph Goebbels, Total War, Hitler Youth
Document Summary
Germany"s offense: germany accidentally dropped a bomb over london during battle of britain which resulted in 90000 civilian casualties. Luftwaffe raid on london damaged famous buildings and churches and set st. paul"s. Battle of poland: german air force bombed poland cities with civilians: massive air raid on stalingrad block by block- killed 40000 people. Germany at home front: propaganda minister josef goebbels made speeches about the total war effort as the responsibility of all the german speeches. Nazi leaders like goebbels called for an all out mobilization of the economy. "the people are willing to bear any burden, even the heaviest, to make any sacrifice, if it leads to the great goal of victory. " Goebbels crash rearmament program in violation of treaty of versailles. As war progressed hitler realized that mass conscription was necessary and the change in the domestic consumption is inevitable. Economy influenced as vast amount of spending for military production increased.
