Who was Hitler?
Adolf Hitler was a superior and one of the most infamous dictators during the 20th century. In his early movements of political power, his Nazi party became the largest party elected in Germany's Reichstag becoming chancellor in 1933. Hitler's reign over Germany lasted from 1934 to 1945. He initiated World War II and oversaw fascist and totalitarian policies that resulted in millions of deaths.
Early Life
On April 20th, 1889 Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl gave birth to a baby boy named Adolf. He was the fourth out of six children. Being the most ambitious one he wanted to explore his interest in the fine arts but his father was against his decision. Always having having conflict with his father, he would rather have him pursue his studies in Business. Adolf developed a great sense of German nationalism at a very early stage of his life. Although he was Austria-Hungarian born, the Hitler family moved to Germany when Adolf Hitler was only 3 years old.
Having a rough life he had reasons to grow up and become a dominant figure in Germany but most importantly the world. His father, Alois, died in 1903 when Hitler was just 14 years old. He had to watch his mother allow his brother to drop out of school. He then moved to Vienna where applied twice to the Fine arts and was denied both times. But he worked as a casual laborer and a painter. Not having a lot of money he had no choice but to stay at a local homeless shelter where he lived for several years. Hitler later pointed to these years as the time when he first cultivated his anti-Semitism.
World War I
At the outbreak of World War I Hitler applied to serve in the German army. Hitler became infuriated by the result of the war. The experience reinforced his passionate German patriotism. He was shocked by Germany's surrender in 1918, he believed that the German army had been betrayed by civilian leaders and Marxists. Hitler begun to put his German nationalist ideas when he served in the German army. He fought in four major battles. In the first Battle of Ypres he was wounded in the leg and after being discharged from the hospital, he was transferred to the 9th Battalion in France. Because of Hitlers brave efforts, he was promoted to the rank of Corporal and was awarded several medals in 1916-1918. The outcome of World War I had a great emotional effect on Hitler. It brought the threat of demobilization, tearing him from the only community that felt at home. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, during the rise of political movement and the Nazi regime, it gave him more power to do what he wanted to do and that was to get revenge against the Jews. He withdrew from the league of Nations which foreshadowed that he was up to something shady. Hitler wanted to expand his arm forces, breaking yet another rule set in the Treaty of Versailles yet people didn't try to stop him at once which was considered the appeasement of the League of Nation.
World War II
Hitler along with other European leaders signed the Munich agreement that gave the Sudetenland to Germany in 1938. Hitler gave orders to invade Poland which outraged Britain and France thus starting World War II. In a two year span Hitler managed to invade Scandinavia, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Belgium without failure. He wanted to invade Britain as well but could only go as far as bombing it up. But Britain remained its ground. Seems like Hitler wanted to bomb everything by breaking his non-aggressive pact with Stalin the dictator and socialist from Russia. After that Hitler sent 3 million German troops to invade once again in the Soviet Union until they were stopped just outside of Moscow in 1941. While Japan attacked and invaded Pearl Harbor in December 1941 Hitler was in the middle of his own battle against the world's greatest empire (UK), world's greatest economy (US), and the world's largest army (USSR). But of course like in all cartoons the antagonists always fail in the end of an episode, Hitler began to experience the downfall of his expansion and especially his plan. Facing defeats both in the Battle of Stalingrad and Battle of Kursk it foreshadowed the ending of Hitler's era of power and violence. At the end of it all Adolf Hitler was responsible for the mass killings of about 14 million people of those being 6 million Jews, almost exterminating the Jewish population in Europe.
Economic Impact
The result of World War I and the forced agreement of the Treaty of Versailles led Germany to a decade of economic downfalls. This included hyperinflation in the mid 1920's, their suffering from the Wall Street Crash in 1929, and like many other countries the Great Depression which caused unemployment to soar. When Hitler saw his beloved country in turmoil he new he couldn't sit back and watch, he had to take action. Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 and introduced new efforts to improve Germany's economy.
Adolf Hitler developed a very strict economic policy that reduced the unemployment number from a whopping 6 million to around 300,000. A pay freeze was first implemented in 1933 which were under charged by the labor Front and they made compulsory deductions for income tax. During this time Hitler and the Nazi Regime were concentrating on rearming thus creating factory jobs in building arms for the war. Conscription into the German army also lowered the unemployment numbers. The Nazi government banned the introduction of some labor saving machinery. Hitler also set out a rule that you had to get permission by the government if you were to reduce your labor force. Hitler encouraged a mass production in radios, in this case he was not only
concerned with reducing unemployment, but saw them as a means of supplying a
steady stream of Nazi propaganda to the German people. These are only a couple policies that Hitler implemented but being completely ignorant, Hitler thought that worrying about the economy was unimportant and focused more on the war effort.
Death/Legacy
Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. He became a martyr for the Nazi party and anti-Semitists today, his life was one of pure evil and a love of power. Hitler believed that the superiority of the "Aryan" race made him hatred by others and that the Slavs to the east should work for the German people. Germans just like Jews are very business oriented, thus Hitler wanted to get rid of the competition. In early 1945 when equipment and manpower was needed Hitler insisted that the equipment will transport Jews to the camps. His followers nearly killed all the Jews in Europe along with other people. The main reason that influenced Hitler to kill all these Jews was the Armenian Genocide that happened in Turkey around 1915 where the Turks executed one and half million Armenians. This man used his power for his own personal gain, exploiting and persecuting those who he believed didn't deserve to have life because of who or what they were. His death was no tragedy, and if he had been captured he would have likely been hanged for his crimes.
At the outbreak of World War I Hitler applied to serve in the German army. Hitler became infuriated by the result of the war. The experience reinforced his passionate German patriotism. He was shocked by Germany's surrender in 1918, he believed that the German army had been betrayed by civilian leaders and Marxists. Hitler begun to put his German nationalist ideas when he served in the German army. He fought in four major battles. In the first Battle of Ypres he was wounded in the leg and after being discharged from the hospital, he was transferred to the 9th Battalion in France. Because of Hitlers brave efforts, he was promoted to the rank of Corporal and was awarded several medals in 1916-1918. The outcome of World War I had a great emotional effect on Hitler. It brought the threat of demobilization, tearing him from the only community that felt at home. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, during the rise of political movement and the Nazi regime, it gave him more power to do what he wanted to do and that was to get revenge against the Jews. He withdrew from the league of Nations which foreshadowed that he was up to something shady. Hitler wanted to expand his arm forces, breaking yet another rule set in the Treaty of Versailles yet people didn't try to stop him at once which was considered the appeasement of the League of Nation.
World War II
Hitler along with other European leaders signed the Munich agreement that gave the Sudetenland to Germany in 1938. Hitler gave orders to invade Poland which outraged Britain and France thus starting World War II. In a two year span Hitler managed to invade Scandinavia, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Belgium without failure. He wanted to invade Britain as well but could only go as far as bombing it up. But Britain remained its ground. Seems like Hitler wanted to bomb everything by breaking his non-aggressive pact with Stalin the dictator and socialist from Russia. After that Hitler sent 3 million German troops to invade once again in the Soviet Union until they were stopped just outside of Moscow in 1941. While Japan attacked and invaded Pearl Harbor in December 1941 Hitler was in the middle of his own battle against the world's greatest empire (UK), world's greatest economy (US), and the world's largest army (USSR). But of course like in all cartoons the antagonists always fail in the end of an episode, Hitler began to experience the downfall of his expansion and especially his plan. Facing defeats both in the Battle of Stalingrad and Battle of Kursk it foreshadowed the ending of Hitler's era of power and violence. At the end of it all Adolf Hitler was responsible for the mass killings of about 14 million people of those being 6 million Jews, almost exterminating the Jewish population in Europe.
Economic Impact
The result of World War I and the forced agreement of the Treaty of Versailles led Germany to a decade of economic downfalls. This included hyperinflation in the mid 1920's, their suffering from the Wall Street Crash in 1929, and like many other countries the Great Depression which caused unemployment to soar. When Hitler saw his beloved country in turmoil he new he couldn't sit back and watch, he had to take action. Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 and introduced new efforts to improve Germany's economy.
Adolf Hitler developed a very strict economic policy that reduced the unemployment number from a whopping 6 million to around 300,000. A pay freeze was first implemented in 1933 which were under charged by the labor Front and they made compulsory deductions for income tax. During this time Hitler and the Nazi Regime were concentrating on rearming thus creating factory jobs in building arms for the war. Conscription into the German army also lowered the unemployment numbers. The Nazi government banned the introduction of some labor saving machinery. Hitler also set out a rule that you had to get permission by the government if you were to reduce your labor force. Hitler encouraged a mass production in radios, in this case he was not only
concerned with reducing unemployment, but saw them as a means of supplying a
steady stream of Nazi propaganda to the German people. These are only a couple policies that Hitler implemented but being completely ignorant, Hitler thought that worrying about the economy was unimportant and focused more on the war effort.
Death/Legacy
Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. He became a martyr for the Nazi party and anti-Semitists today, his life was one of pure evil and a love of power. Hitler believed that the superiority of the "Aryan" race made him hatred by others and that the Slavs to the east should work for the German people. Germans just like Jews are very business oriented, thus Hitler wanted to get rid of the competition. In early 1945 when equipment and manpower was needed Hitler insisted that the equipment will transport Jews to the camps. His followers nearly killed all the Jews in Europe along with other people. The main reason that influenced Hitler to kill all these Jews was the Armenian Genocide that happened in Turkey around 1915 where the Turks executed one and half million Armenians. This man used his power for his own personal gain, exploiting and persecuting those who he believed didn't deserve to have life because of who or what they were. His death was no tragedy, and if he had been captured he would have likely been hanged for his crimes.