HIST 2057 Chapter : German Strengths Of WWII
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German strengths: chapter 3, hitler wrote his mein kampf. In this book he wrote of the importance of the. Aryan blood line staying pure, his disgust with jews and the need for a dictatorship not democracy: propaganda was important to hitler, and he appointed joseph goebbels to head the party"s propaganda division. Goebbels was a master at persuasion and used mass media for a great impact on germany: hermann goering was second to hitler and commander of the luftwaffle (airforce), schuttz staffel (ss) began in 1929. Heinrich himmler took command and increased it size and functions. He created the waffen ss which was armed ss: soon after coming to power, the nazis brought educational curriculum from elementary to university level that coincided with hitler"s views and beliefs. These successes gave the world an illusion of overwhelming german strength. Also developed concept of combined arms which was crucial to german blitzkrieg.
