Opposition from the Army

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Opposition to the Nazis

The most significant moment of dissent against the Nazi regime was the July Plot in 1944.

Fearful opponents

Opposition to the Nazis was not successful because people were scared of repression (control by force) and because any opposition that did exist was divided and did not communicate with each other.
Any political opposition which was discovered was arrested and intimidated.
- Sometimes they were sent to concentration camps.
People could passively (non-violently) resist by telling anti-Nazi jokes or listening to anti-Nazi regime music.

The White Rose

The White Rose emerged in the war as a new group of opposition.
- Formed from two Munich University students, Hans and Sophie Scholl, the White Rose was a symbol of justice.
The White Rose published anti-Nazi leaflets and graffiti exposing the atrocities (awful acts) the Nazis were committing.
In 1943, they were both executed by the Gestapo after a public protest against the Nazis.

The July Plot, 1944

The most serious threat to Hitler was the July Plot in 1944. Known as Operation Valkyrie, Count Stauffenberg of the army tried to kill Hitler with a bomb in his briefcase at a military conference on the 20th July 1944.
Although the bomb went off, Hitler was only injured.
Stauffenberg and 5,746 others were executed. This included 19 generals and 26 colonels.
It highlights that many people within the army opposed the Nazi regime by the end of the war.

1Dictatorship

1.1Hitler & The Nazi Party in 1933

1.1.1The Origins of the Nazi Party

1.1.2Hitler & The Growth of the Party

1.1.3The 1932 Election

1.2Establishing Dictatorship, 1933-1934

1.2.1Establishing Dictatorship

1.2.2Achieving Total Power, July 1933 - August 1934

1.2.3End of Topic Test - Dictatorship

1.2.4Grade 9 - Dictatorship

2Control & Opposition

2.1The Machinery of Terror

2.1.1Police State & Legal System

2.1.2The Gestapo & SS

2.1.3Concentration Camps

2.1.4End of Topic Test - Control & Opposition

2.2Nazi Propaganda

2.2.1The Effectiveness of Nazi Propaganda

2.3Opposition to Nazi Rule

2.3.1The Left

2.3.2Church Leaders

2.3.3Youth Groups

2.3.4Support for Nazi Rule

2.3.5End of Topic Test - Propaganda & Opposition

2.3.6Grade 9 - Propaganda & Opposition

3Changing Lives, 1933-1939

3.1Work & Home

3.1.1Work

3.1.2Home

3.2The Lives of Young People

3.2.1Education

3.2.2Youth Movements

3.3Nazi Racial Policy

3.3.1Racial Policy

3.3.2Persecution of the Jews

3.3.3End of Topic Test 0 Changing Lives

3.3.4Grade 9 - Changing Lives

4Germany in War

4.1The Impact of War

4.1.1Impact of the War Economy on the People

4.1.2Impact of Total War on the People

4.2Growing Opposition from the German People

4.2.1Opposition from the People

4.2.2Opposition from the Army

4.2.3End of Topic Test - Germany in War

4.2.4Grade 9 - Germany in War

5Occupation

5.1Nazi Rule in Eastern and Western Europe

5.1.1The Start of World War 2

5.1.2Western Europe

5.1.3Eastern Europe

5.1.4End of Topic Test - Occupation

5.2The Final Solution

5.2.1Ghettos & Executions

5.2.2Death Camps

5.2.3End of Topic Test - The Final Solution

5.3Responses to Nazi Rule

5.3.1Collaboration

5.3.2Accommodation

5.3.3Resistance

5.3.4End of Topic Test - Responses to Nazi Rule

5.3.5Grade 9 - Occupation

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