Publisher's Synopsis
Enable students to succeed in their exam with From Kaiser to Führer. This study aid contains all the key information that students need for Edexcel History A2 Unit 3 Option D1, clearly laid out with Examiners' and Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from experienced examiners on how to secure a higher grade.
From Kaiser to Führer: Germany, 1900-45 covers all the content and skills your students will need for their Edexcel A2 Unit 3 Option D1 examination, including:
- Chapter 1: THE SECOND REICH TO 1914
Including - Economic expansion, 1900-14; social divisions, government, constitution and political parties in imperial Germany; domestic politics, 1900-14; the impact of the First World War; the November Revolution, 1918 - Chapter 2: CONTROVERSY A: WAS GERMANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRST WORLD WAR?
Including - The Great Powers and their interests; Weltpolitik and Flottenpolitik; European diplomacy, 1900-14; Germany-blaming interpretations; 'shared guilt' interpretations; overview of Germany's responsibility for the outbreak of war - Chapter 3: THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC, 1919-29
Including - The Spartacist Revolt, 1919; the Weimar Constitution; crisis and survival 1919-24; Stresemann and stabilisation, 1923-9; Weimar culture and society; the 'golden years' of the Weimar Republic - Chapter 4: THE RISE OF THE NAZIS
Including - The origins of the NSDAP; the Nazi breakthrough; presidential government, 1930-3; the seizure of power, 1933 - Chapter 5: CONTROVERSY B: HOW POPULAR AND EFFICIENT WAS THE NAZI REGIME, 1933-9?
Including - An evaluation of how popular the Nazi regime was; resistance to Nazism; consent and conformity; interpretations of the Nazi state - Chapter 6: LIFE IN WARTIME GERMANY, 1939-45
Including - Morale, opposition and resistance; the war economy; the Holocaust - Chapter 7: EXAM SKILLS
- Chapter 8: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
- Index
