IB DP History HL (History of Europe, Option 14)
Textbook:
Weimar Germany
- constitutional, political, economic/financial and social issues (1918–1933);
- initial challenges (1918–1923);
- “Golden Era” under Stresemann (1924–1929);
- the crisis years and the rise of Hitler (1929–1933)
Hitler’s Germany (1933–1939)
- consolidation of power;
- Hitler’s pre-war domestic policies, including economic, social and political policies;
- nature of the Nazi state;
- the extent of resistance to the Nazis
Italy (1918–1939)
- rise of Mussolini;
- consolidation of power;
- Mussolini’s pre-war domestic policies, including economic, social and political policies;
- Political:
- nature of the fascist state
Spain (1918–1939)
Political, social and economic conditions in Spain;
Political
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/spain/1934-04-01/struggle-spain
Economic
https://www.tutor2u.net/history/reference/economic-and-social-problems-in-spain-pre-1931 (Also has social issues)
Social
https://www.stlouisfed.org/~/media/files/pdfs/community-development/research
reports/pandemic_flu_report.pdf
Spanish Flu pandemic, impacted culture and economics, mix of both
The Primo de Rivera regime;
https://www.jstor.org/stable/260237
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/spain/1924-03-15/new-regime-spain
https://spartacus-educational.com/SPrivera.htm
Polarization and political parties under the Second Republic;
https://www.jstor.org/stable/260733?seq=1
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230522749_13
Azaña and Gil Robles;
https://spartacus-educational.com/SProbles.htm
http://countrystudies.us/spain/20.htm
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1845444?seq=1
https://www.jstor.org/stable/260101?seq=1
- Causes of Spanish Civil War:
https://schoolhistory.co.uk/notes/causes-of-the-spanish-civil-war/ - Foreign Involvement:
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/spain/1942-10-01/prelude-world-war (look out for bias and also covers other topics)
- reasons for nationalist victory under Franco
http://www.historyhome.co.uk/europe/spaincw.htm
Another interesting one: https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2019/apr/17/spanish-civil-war-end-franco-1939
Cheers to Sam and Clark (Concordia DP 2019-20) for their ‘assistance’ for the links for this section!
Case Study: Britain
• Case study of domestic political, economic and social developments in one European country (other than Germany, Italy or Spain) in the inter-war years.
Timeline: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml
General 1920s
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/twenties-britain-part-one/
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/twenties-britain-part-two/
General 1930s
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/thirties-britain/
Politics
60 min lecture: covers lots https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/britain-in-the-20th-century-the-great-war-and-its-consequences
Suffrage
https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/womens-suffrage-timeline
British politics between the wars (PDF Saved) ttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0018246X11000604
Economics
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5948/economics/uk-economy-in-the-1920s/
https://econ.economicshelp.org/2008/10/causes-of-great-depression.html
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/7483/economics/the-uk-economy-in-the-1930s/
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/economic-policy-1920s.htm
Social
Reconstruction
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/spotlights/demobilisation.htm
1920s
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-1920s-in-Britain/
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99799765
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxy9fcw/revision/1
https://www.fashion-era.com/1920s_life_between_the_wars.htm
https://www.striking-women.org/module/women-and-work/inter-war-years-1918-1939
1930s
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-kingdom/1939-07-01/british-news-controls
Always learning 