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Birth
Hitler was born Adolfus Hitler to Alois Hitler and Klara Hitler in the small Austrian-boarder town of Braunau am In, Later moving to the then Capital Linz. He spent much of his early childhood there and expressed his wish to be buried there. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-hitler -
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Early life
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The death of his mother
As his father was very strict, and his mother spoiled him rotten, Hitler grew very close to her. After spending time as a drifter in Vienna after being rejected from art school, he retuned home to a sick Klara on the brink of death. After she passed their family doctor claimed that he never witnessed anyone more distraught by grief more than the young Adolf. https://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/mother.htm -
Service in WW1
After his mother died in 1907 Hitler returned to Vienna ti pursue an art career, without parental support he remained a drifter on the streets selling whatever postcard he painted. Then WW1 rolled around and Hitler was ecstatic, he served as a soldier in the German frontlines and was reportedly a brave soldier; Being awarded the Iron cross, Second class in 1916, and later the Iron Cross, First class in 1918. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler#ref10114 -
The NAZI party
The treaty of Versailles absolutely rekked Germany, as the army had to be demilitarized, Hitler couldn't be a soldier; instead becoming an informant. Hitler was tasked to report on any new parties that posed a communist threat and the new "German Workers Party" threw up a bunch of red flags and hitler was sent to investigate. He found out that they were no threat but extremely anti-scemist, so hitler joined the party. His impressive speaking abilities impressed party leadership and rose to power -
The NAZI party (continued)
After hitler rose to leader of the German workers party, he renamed it to "The National Socialist German Workers Party" (or NAZI for short). He went about promising to undo the treaty of Versailles and reuniting all German people. This belief was common among right-wing parties, as they all had para-military wings and the nazis were no different; Hitler set up the "Hall protect detachment", later called the Storm detachment (or SA for short). https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler -
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Rise to power
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Becoming a dictator Pt. 1
As Germany was in severe debt the government began printing out more and more money leading to hyperinflation, by November $1 = 4,200,000,000,000 marks. In November 1923 Hitler stormed a beer hall and called for an uprising, so he and his bois marched on the streets of Munich, he was then arrested and put on trial for treason; during his trial he gave impassioned speeches and was sentenced to 5 years, in which he only spent 9 months. -
Becoming a dictator pt. 2
The whole affair was covered by the media nationwide and Made Hitler famous, but the everyday German didn't care much for him scoring only 2% of the votes in the 1928 election, an economic crisis was soon to change that. The US had given Germany loans to help pay off it's reparations, and when the wall street crash happened and America wanted it's money back. Poverty was widespread and unemployment skyrocketed and in the face of crises the German population turned to the political extremes. -
Becoming a dictator pt. 3
In the face of crisis the German populous chose either the communists or the nazis. Year after year the nazis grew more and more popular, and in 1932 scored the largest party in Germany. When Hitler's plan to become president failed he was appointed chancellor in 1933. After the president died hitler made a new law that essentially made him a dictator, his law passed in parliament. And now, Europe had fascist dictator #2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/adolf-hitler-man-and-monster/zbrx8xs -
WW2 pt. 1
Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia marked the start of WW2, In complete violation of the treaty of Versailles, the first Luftwaffe squadrons were set up, conscription was introduced, he militarized the rhineland, and he pimped up his army. then he just marched into Austria and took it, The allies did nothing. After a fairly useless diplomatic meeting hitler took half of Czechoslovakia. when Hitler and Stalin formed a pact and invaded Poland, the UK and France declared war. -
WW2 pt. 2
Quickly after Poland fell, Hitler rushed troops to invade France, he punched through neutral Belgium using Blitzkrieg to encircle and capture thousands of western troops. He swept through France taking Paris and France fell. Then Hitler launched the world's largest ground invasion in history, with 3 million troops he punched the Russians all the war to Moscow. Then it got cold, stupid cold. With the winter Stalin' Siberian troops punched Hitler's underprepared troops all the way back to Berlin. -
WW2 pt.3 and Death
With America in the war, the Axis powers were squeezed out of Africa. Then in D-day the Germans were pushed out of France, and threatened the German boarder. The allies were making progress Threatening the industrial heartland of Germany, in a last ditch attempt title gathered his remaining forces and punched through the ardennes. The battle of the Bulge was a failure and hitler came to the realization that he'd lost. In his bunker, with his newly wed wife, they committed suicide.
