Prompt:
Nazi Germany was a totalitarian state—a state where the ruling party attempted to achieve total control over the political, cultural, and economic life of its citizens.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which totalitarianism led to EITHER Germany’s early victories OR the eventual defeat of Germany in the Second World War.

In your response, you should do the following:

Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning
Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt
Use specific and relevant evidence to support an argument in response to the prompt
Use historical reasoning (e.g., comparison, causation, or continuity or change) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt
Use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the prompt