HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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With his supporters he stormed the capital city and provided the king a choice of either hand over power or risk a civil war.
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He killed and exiled his opponents.
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He was voted in by the people.
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He excommunicated the Pope
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hitler required the vote of the Centre Party and Conservatives in the Reichstag to obtain the powers he desired. He called on Reichstag members to vote for the Enabling Act on 23 March 1933. Hitler was granted plenary powers “temporarily” by the passage of the Act.
Detailed explanation-2: -Führer means “leader, ‘’ but to Hitler the Führer was not an ordinary leader of a political party or nation. He modeled his idea of the Führer on the leadership of Benito Mussolini, who led the Fascist movement in Italy and became that country’s dictator in the 1920s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Germany attacked in the west on May 10, 1940. Initially, British and French commanders had believed that German forces would attack through central Belgium as they had in World War I, and rushed forces to the Franco-Belgian border to meet the German attack.
Detailed explanation-4: -September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. September 3, 1939 Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.