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How Hitler trained his military for victory and rid his country of the undesirables

2. Preparing for a world war once again
During the late 1930s, Hitler focused on accomplishing two things:
1. Getting rid of the Jews in Germany
2. Preparing for war
His long-range goal was to unite all Germans into one Germany

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Why the Jews?
Hitler had several bad encounters with Jewish people:
1. People who rejected him from art school in Vienna
2. German traitors who surrendered during WWI
3. Small business owners who ruined the economy
All Jewish*

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When Hitler gained power in 1934, he would enact several laws and authorize different actions designed to strike back at the Jews
Nuremburg Laws: Stripped Jews of their citizenship
Kristallnacht: Attack on Jewish businesses and synagogues

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1935 Nuremburg Laws: Laws that were passed by Hitler that were designed to take away basic rights from the Jews
1. Jews couldn’t marry an Aryan (Protect pure German blood)
2. Loss of citizenship
3. Jews were defined as a separate race
4. Jewish businesses were “Aryanized” (1937)
These laws helped to define who was a Jew so the Nazis could start to persecute them

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1938 Kristallnacht:(Night of Broken Glass)
A night of violence against Jews by the Nazis in retaliation for a killing of a Nazi official “supposedly” by a Jew
Jewish businesses and synagogues were targeted and destroyed
Over 100 Jews were killed and 30,000 arrested

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With Jews and other enemies of the state trying to leave the country, or being shipped to camps, Hitler prepares his final strategy for WWII
Hitler will employ a new style of warfare that relies on speed and overwhelming force known as a Blitzkrieg: “Lightning War”

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This style of fighting focuses on hitting the enemy quickly and unannounced, using airplanes, fast-moving tanks, and moving troops by transport
This style was what worked in the Spanish Civil War that Hitler crafted

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A Blitzkrieg approach relies heavily on airplanes to be successful
Hitler knew this and had been building an armada of airplanes
Luftwaffe: German Air force

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Hitler had the fastest fighter planes and longest range bombers the world had seen up to 1939
The Luftwaffe was successful in the beginning of the war, but it and the blitzkrieg would be tested and beaten eventually by a strong enough resistance
With his military ready, economy stable, Jewish “problem fixed,” and loyal citizens brainwashed, Hitler turns his attention east to Poland and the start of WWII