Naziism

**Nazism** (Michael Golf)

Nazism or refered to as National Socialism was the ideology of the Nazi party during the time of Nazi Germany, it a was a completely different type of fascism that involved biological racism and antisemitism. Nazism was considered a far right form of politics. They believed that the Aryan race was considered the master race and that the Germans represented the purest Aryan nation. The Nazi's called for a new order in Germany which they believed help push Germany to being an elite super power in Europe, which could economically and militarily compete. They also believed that the Jews were the greatest threat to the Aryan race and Germany. The Jews were believed to be a parasitic race that believed in such ideologics and movements to secure self preservation like The Enlightenment, liberalism, democracy, parliamentary politics, capitalism, industrialisation, Marxism and trade unions. To get Germany out of the Great Depression, they came up with the Third Position, it was a managed economy which was neither capitalist nor communist. The Jewish were believed to be linked to communism and capitalism. The Nazi's wanted to create a national security, social welfare program for workers, a "just wage", honour for workers importance to the nation, and protection from capitalist explotiation. They supported private property rights, and the market economy.



The Nazi party that described them selves as National Socialist was best know as the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) led Adolf Hitler, between 1919-1945. Adolf Hitler was born 1889 in Austria Germany, he was a veteran of WW1. He became leader of the NSDAP in 1921, he attempted the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in November 1923, it failed and he was then impirsoned for a year where he wrote his book "My Struggle". He was then released in Decemeber 1924, he was able to gain support by promoting Pan-Germanism, antisemitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and propaganda. Hitler was the partys last leader, he was appointed Chancellor of Germany by president Paul von Hindenburg in 1933. Hitler was able to quickly spread his ideas with a totalitarian regime which was known as the Third Reich. The Third Reich refered to Germany as a successor such as the first one which was the Holy Roman Empire and then the German Empire from 1871-1918. One of Hitlers main platforms was that he believed the German people needed more "living space", which also included the rearmament of Germany. In 1939 Germany invaded Poland, in response Britain and France declared war on Germany, this when World War 2 offically started.



On September 1st 1939 Germany invaded Poland, this was the start of the Second World War. Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September the 3rd 1939, though they did not really send anything to help out Poland. On September 17 the Soviets attacked, Poland fell in weeks. The Germans were able to continue westward with little oppostion, with the invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxbourg. After stomping over this countries the Germans found themselves closer to France, France had setup their Maginot Line hoping to keep the Germans out. The Germans were able to enter through the Adrennes on May 13th, the French had left this undefended. The Battle of France last about 6 weeks before the Germans were able to force their way into Paris on June 3rd, and then make France surrender on June 22. Britain was then left by herself to fight off the surging Nazi Germany. The Germans then started the bombing of Britain, which was called the Battle of Britain. The british were actually able to hold off the Germans and came out winning the Battle of Britain, this was Germans first lost battle in World War 2. On June 22 1941 the Germans launched an attack on their allies the Soviet Union, this was the bloodyest battle in history. This attack lasted until February 2 1943 were the last remaning German troops in Russia were forced to surrender. Britain now found herself two new allies to help surpress the Nazi's. The Soviet Union and the United States of America joined the allies, on June 6th 1944 the allies began their invasion to reclaim France from the Germans. The ally forces were able to push the Germans out and back by January 1945. Then when Hitler found out about Mussolini's death he saw that the end was near, he stayed in Berlin, it was the last remaining Nazi city of the crumbling Nazi Germany Empire. On April 30th 1945 Hitler committed suicide, this ending the era of the Nazi's.

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The ideological roots of Nazism come from Romanticism a 19th century idealism, of breeding upwards. The Ariosophical Germanenorden and the Thule Society influenced Hitlers world view. The most significant influence on the Nazis came from a German nationalist named Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Hitler also recongized two other Nazi members Dietrich Eckart and Arnold Fanck. Fichte spoke of a "Peoples War" putting forward concepts that the Nazi party later adopted, He was an anti-Semitic who accused the Jews in Germany of creating a "State within a State" which was a threat to German nation unity. The Nazis claimed that their ideology was influenced by the leadership and policies of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, he was the founder of the German Empire. He also pushed the ideas of creating/unitifieing Germany. Fascism was also a major influence on Nazism. After watching Mussolini's March on Rome in 1922, Hitler began to model himself and the Nazi party after that of Mussolini and his Fascists, and Hitlers March on Berlin was also off of the March on Rome but Hitler rejected the Italian Fascism accusing it of being too conservative or capitalist. The Nazis were able to advocate a strong central government under the Furhrer for defending Germany and the ethnic Germans against communism and Jewish subversion. The Nazis military was created on the belief that great nations come from a great military power, and using nationalism and militarism to help establish a greater Germany. The Nazis were also against communism and believe that it threated to destroy their belief of private property. They also were against the capitalists believing that capitalism damages the economy, and big businesses along with the jews influence in capitalism didn't help. As portraled in many movies and videos games, Nazis are the most famous "Villian" out there, Nazism is also frowned apon in todays culture it has been to tied to WW2 and what the Nazis did to others.