Adolf Hitler

After vanquishing France Hitler launched a massive attack on Russia ignoring the no-war pact in June, 1941. Before that German forces had trampled upon Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Hitler’s dream was to take into possession the vast oil reserves of Russia. Germans made progress deep into Russia. By 16th July Germans had reached Smolensk. Hitler […]

After scoring Victories over Rhineland, Austria, Sudtenland, Czechoslovakia and Denzig entire Poland was vanquished after 21 days of war. Enthused by these victories Hitler pressed on and crushed Holland, Luxemburg and Belgium.Now Hitler was not even listening to the advice of his military generals. He had somehow come to believe that he was the smartest

Hitler’s foreign policy had three clear aims—(1) To destroy Versai Treaty (2) Unification of all Germans (3) Expansion of German Empire.He withdrew from the League of Nations.Sar was merged into Germany because its 90% population wished so.Hitler stopped paying war damages to Allies. In 1935, military service was made compulsory. In 1934, Hitler signed 10

Within a year of his becoming dictator Hitler took away all civil rights of the people, press, radio and educational institutions. Secret police named Gestapo was set up that spread its dreadful net throughout the country. The very name ‘Gestapo’ made the people shiver. Anyone criticizing Hitler was shot dead or tortured to death.In 1933

President Hindenberg didn’t suspect the intentions of Hitler who was covertly planning to become total dictator. He wanted total authority and powers to repair the damages suffered by Germany. His dream was to make German nation mightiest power on the earth.So, he cunningly made President Hindenberg sign the order dissolving the Reichstage. The preparations for

Meanwhile, Hitler toured the country winning over masses to gain clear majority. Storm Troops wanted him and only him to become the Chancellor. They were ready to fight a bloody war for it.Fonn Schlicher tried to buy the support of Hitler but failed. The political situation continued to deteriorate. Hitler asked Storm Troops to be

After the ‘Versai Treaty’ Hitler had formed his own army with the soldiers retrenched from the army. He expanded his army ‘Storm Troops’ by recruiting the unemployed youth. His parallel army was strong enough to challenge the official army.The government did not want any clash with Hitler. So, it did not dare to outlaw the

The First World War led to worldwide economic recession. All the countries suffered. Germany was the worst hit because of being the loser country and the demoralisation plus demand for war damages.It led to devaluation of the currency. The factories shut down. Unemployment figures rose alarmingly. The people were losing patience. All around there was

The Germans were the people of the battle ravaged land. All through the centuries they had been fighting factional wars, kingdom wars, social and racial wars and continental wars. The wars had become an inevitable fact of their lives. Over the centuries the wars cast the Germans into a race of military mindset. To every

Some of the reasons of the rise of Adolf Hitler on the political firmament were as under :Versai TreatyThis treaty was forced on Germany on 28 June, 1919 in the Paris Peace Meet organised by the Allied Forces specially meant to humiliate Germans and impose back breaking financial penalties on them. It was a foregone

The coming to fore of Nazism in Germany was one of the most significant event of the 20th century. Nazis rose under Hitler’s leadership during the decade of 1920-30 indicating a sea change in the equations of European politics. It was an internal metamorphosis of Germany. Nazi element was there in Germans in dormant form

Gradually Hitler succeeded in establishing himself as the hero and the leader of the masses in whom the people saw their future and hope. It had taken five long years for Hitler to reach there. Now he was confident enough to reveal his plans and programmes to the people. Nazis were holding meetings everywhere.Every address

In the release of Hitler the press had played a big part. Gradually the press was turning pro-Hitler. It declared Hitler innocent and kept constant pressure on Bavarian government to reconsider the sentence to Hitler. The people were also with Hitler. For the masses he was a hero.But in his absence his party had suffered

Hitler and his supporters were arrested for trying to overthrow the Republican Government of German Reich. They were produced in Munich court on 26 February, 1924. The trial lasted for 24 days. Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail to be kept in Landsberg Amlek Fort.Before the judge Hitler admitted trying to overthrow the

Hitler’s party was now well entrenched. Its roots had gone deep into the public mind. The party’s head- quarter was at Munich, the capital of Bavaria state.On 12 September, 1923 Hitler made a scathing attack on the government. On 25th September, he held a meeting with his confidants and decided that the party needed to