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 * The Growth, Extent and Failure of Nationalism 1815 - 1850 **




 * Course booklet for this unit **

Essay plans for German Nationalism 1815 - 1850



**Germany in 1815**



**Factors Favouring Nationalism**



**Obstacles to Nationalism**


 * Early German Nationalism**

**Cultural Factors**

**Economic Factors - The Zollverein**





**Political Factors**



**The Unification of Germany 1850 - 1871 **



The Modernisation of the Prussian Army

The Constitutional crisis and Bismarck

Growing Prussian strength and the Decline of Austria (changing the balance of power) Bismarck and the German wars of Unification

2 historians' conclusions on Bismarck's importance in the unification of Germany by 1871 Miss Dunlop's powerpoint: Was Bismarck "the Smith who forged the Reich"? An historiography __ESSAY PLAN__ for BISMARCK AND UNIFICATION OF GERMANY QUESTION



**GERMANY 1918 - 1939**

Useful websites for research, notes and answers to questions in worksheets. [|Dictatorship under the Third Reich] [|**Early stages of persecution**] [|The first concentration camps] The 3 links above are from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum site with excellent explanations and descriptions of Nazi Germany before the Second World War

[|The Enabling Act March 24 1933] - what the Act really said.

[|The Fuehrer Oath] -see how the German Army oath of allegiance to its country was changed to ensure its loyalty to Hitler

[|Nazis in Power] - Anne Frank's Diary site with good summaries of life in Nazi Germany before the war

[|The History Place on Nazis 1933 - 1939] - Very useful for detailed notes and broadening your knowledge and understanding of the Nazis in Power.

Browse and search this site for anything related to this period of German history [|German History in Documents and Images]

Propaganda was used by the Nazis as one method of maintaing power in Germany before 1939. It promoted Nazi ideology across to all German citizens. Below are examples: [|Nazi Magazine for Women] [|Nazi Posters 1933 -1945]

** The Rise of the Nazis 1918 - 1933 **



Powerpoint on why people voted for the Nazis 1930 - 1933

An essay plan on the rise of the Nazis:

Miss Dunlop's notes on useful quotes for the historiography you can use for the failure of the Weimar Republic and why the Nazis came to power ** The Nazis in Power 1933 - 1939 **


 * The links below do as they say on the tin: **

Notes on Nazi Popular Policies

An analysis of how the Nazis maintained power

An essay plan on how the Nazis maintained power

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