Adolf Hitler giving the Nazi salute during a rally in 1939.
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria on April 20, 1889. Some people will most likely remember Hitler as a hateful person who had a very strong virulent antisemitism - hostility to or prejudice against the Jewish. Hitler is remembered throughout his attendance in World Wars I & II. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945, Hitler was responsible for actually starting World War II and for killing more then 11 million people (About 6 million Jews) during the Holocaust. No one really knows where Hitler picked up his hate for the Jewish race. Before Hitler even had an interest in politics, He dreamed of becoming an artist. He applied twice to the Vienna Academy of Art,( Once in 1907 and again in 1908) but was denied entrance both times. Hitler's anger about the "Treaty of Versailles" led him into politics.
Hitler joined a small political party known as the National Socialists, or as we know it Nazis. In 1923 he
Adolf Hitler opens Reichsparteitag (Reich Party Day) ceremonies with an address.
organized an effort to seize power in Germany by force known as the " Beer Hall Putsch " , it failed. He was arrested 3 days later and tried for high treason. He served a year in prison. While Hitler was in prison, he made a book called " Mein Kampf " - German for " My Struggle ". The book laid out Hitler's plans for transforming German society into one based on race. In his book he stressed nationalism and devotion to the state, he blamed the Jewish race for many of Germany's problems and how he believed they threatened the purity of the Aryan race. Hitler was cut out of prison, and was to gain power through peaceful means, he built support. In 1932, Hitler ran against Paul von Hindenburg for the presidency. Hitler came in second in both rounds of the election.The Nazi Party obtained 37.3% of the vote for the Reichstag (Germany's parliament), making it the controlling political party in Germany. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor, he then used this high ranking position to gain absolute power over Germany.
Adolf Hitler with his cabinet.
The Nazis were the most powerful party in the nation, By 1933. Hitler secretly began to rebuild the German military. This was indirect violation of the Treaty of Versailles; Hitler managed to convince Great Britain and France to tolerate his actions. In 1935, the British agreed to allow Germany to rebuild its naval forces, including submarines. He so called "claimed" that he was building German military strength in order to resist the spread of communism. In 1936, Hitler violated the treaty by sending German troops into the Rhineland. Hitler claimed that a recent French military agreement with the Soviet Union threatened Germany. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin signed a 10-year non-aggression pact with Hitler. The new aggression pact removed the threat to Germany of a Soviet attack from the east. Hitler then quickly moved ahead with plans to conquer Poland. His surprise attack took place on September 1. 1939. ( German war planes invaded Polish airspace, raining bombs, and terror on the Poles. German tanks and troop trucks carried more than 1.5 million soldiers into the assault.) In May of 1940, Hitler began a dramatic sweep through Holland, Belgiun and Luxenbourg. He then sent an even larger force of tanks and troop trucks to slice through the Ardennes. In June of 1940, sensing a quick victory, Italy's Benito Mussolini joined forces with Hitler and declared war on both Great Britain and France. Italy then attacked France from the south. By June 14, 1940 , Paris had fallen to the German. In 1942 - Nazis develop the "final solution" for exterminating Jews. It is 1945 when the Nazis retreat begins after the Battle of the Bulge.
The extent of Eva Braun and Hitler's relationship was kept quite secret until after Hitler's death
On April 29, 1945, Hitler married his long-time mistress, Eva Braun. The following day, April 30, 1945, Hitler and Eva committed suicide together. Hitler shot himself in the head with his pistol, likely after swallowing cyanide, In the same room with Eva, who ended her life by swallowing a cyanide capsule. After their deaths, SS men carried their bodies up to Chancellery's courtyard, covered them with gasoline, and lit them on fire.
ADOLF HITLER
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria on April 20, 1889. Some people will most likely remember Hitler as a hateful person who had a very strong virulent antisemitism - hostility to or prejudice against the Jewish. Hitler is remembered throughout his attendance in World Wars I & II. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945, Hitler was responsible for actually starting World War II and for killing more then 11 million people (About 6 million Jews) during the Holocaust. No one really knows where Hitler picked up his hate for the Jewish race. Before Hitler even had an interest in politics, He dreamed of becoming an artist. He applied twice to the Vienna Academy of Art,( Once in 1907 and again in 1908) but was denied entrance both times. Hitler's anger about the "Treaty of Versailles" led him into politics.
Hitler joined a small political party known as the National Socialists, or as we know it Nazis. In 1923 he
The Nazis were the most powerful party in the nation, By 1933. Hitler secretly began to rebuild the German military. This was indirect violation of the Treaty of Versailles; Hitler managed to convince Great Britain and France to tolerate his actions. In 1935, the British agreed to allow Germany to rebuild its naval forces, including submarines. He so called "claimed" that he was building German military strength in order to resist the spread of communism. In 1936, Hitler violated the treaty by sending German troops into the Rhineland. Hitler claimed that a recent French military agreement with the Soviet Union threatened Germany. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin signed a 10-year non-aggression pact with Hitler. The new aggression pact removed the threat to Germany of a Soviet attack from the east. Hitler then quickly moved ahead with plans to conquer Poland. His surprise attack took place on September 1. 1939. ( German war planes invaded Polish airspace, raining bombs, and terror on the Poles. German tanks and troop trucks carried more than 1.5 million soldiers into the assault.) In May of 1940, Hitler began a dramatic sweep through Holland, Belgiun and Luxenbourg. He then sent an even larger force of tanks and troop trucks to slice through the Ardennes. In June of 1940, sensing a quick victory, Italy's Benito Mussolini joined forces with Hitler and declared war on both Great Britain and France. Italy then attacked France from the south. By June 14, 1940 , Paris had fallen to the German. In 1942 - Nazis develop the "final solution" for exterminating Jews. It is 1945 when the Nazis retreat begins after the Battle of the Bulge.
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