Cambridge IGCSE History: Depth study B — Germany, 1918–45

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What this course covers

• Topic 1 — Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?

  • 1.1 – The Revolution of 1918 and the establishment of the Republic
  • 1.2 – The Versailles Settlement and German reactions to it
  • 1.3 – The Weimar Constitution, the main political divisions, the role of the army
  • 1.4 – Political disorder, 1919–23
  • 1.5 – The Stresemann era
  • 1.6 – Cultural achievements of the Weimar period

• Topic 2 — Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?

  • 2.1 – The early years of the Nazi Party
  • 2.2 – Political, economic and social crisis of 1930–33; reasons for the Nazis’ rise to power
  • 2.3 – Hitler takes power; the Reichstag Fire and the election of 1933

• Topic 3 — The Nazi regime

  • 3.1 – The Enabling Act; the Night of the Long Knives; the death of Hindenburg
  • 3.2 – The removal of opposition, methods of control and repression, culture and the mass media
  • 3.3 – Economic policy including rearmament
  • 3.4 – Different experiences of Nazi rule: women and young people
  • 3.5 – Different experiences of Nazi rule: anti-Semitism; persecution of minorities
  • 3.6 – Different experiences of Nazi rule: opposition to Nazi rule
  • 3.7 – Impact of the Second World War on Germany

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