Adolf Hitler Research Paper
Leadership Style of
Adolf Hitler
Dictatorship Type of Leader
(From 20 April 1889 to 30 April 1945)
Hitler’s Leadership Style
Hitler’s powerful and relentless leadership style was very successful in the beginning. Hitler directed the “Blitzkrieg” tactics that dominated the first phase of World War II.
These bold tactics included sudden shock attacks against airfields, communications centers and military installations. He was the inspiration behind great victories like the Battle of France in May 1940 and the Battle of Kharkov in May 1942. It was Hitler’s leadership style along with his inability to make decisions at critical times, which lead to the undoing of Nazi Germany.
Beginning with the reoccupation of the Rhineland …show more content…
According to his so-called “Leadership Principle”, ultimate authority rested with him and extended downward. Hitler had an incredible memory for detail. Every point had to be correct and consistent with previous briefings. He would become annoyed at any discrepancies. Hitler combined his insistence on personal control with a leadership style that often consisted of equal parts stubbornness and indecisiveness (Geoffrey Megargee).
Strategic decisions: - Hitler's strategic decisions corresponded to the same pattern in domestic politics. In pursuing short-term mobilization, the Reich avoided sketching out alternative strategies in case of unanticipated setbacks (Mommsen).
Hitler’s belief that Germany's victories were his alone left no room for his general’s advice. His leadership style coupled with his hesitation to make critical decisions proved to be unworkable in the end and led inevitably to Germany's eventual defeat.
“At the risk of appearing to talk nonsense I tell you that the Nazi movement will go on for 1,000 years! ... Don't forget how people laughed at me 15 years ago when I declared that one day I would govern Germany. They laugh now, just as foolishly, when I declare that I shall remain in power” by Adolf
Adolf Hitler
Dictatorship Type of Leader
(From 20 April 1889 to 30 April 1945)
Hitler’s Leadership Style
Hitler’s powerful and relentless leadership style was very successful in the beginning. Hitler directed the “Blitzkrieg” tactics that dominated the first phase of World War II.
These bold tactics included sudden shock attacks against airfields, communications centers and military installations. He was the inspiration behind great victories like the Battle of France in May 1940 and the Battle of Kharkov in May 1942. It was Hitler’s leadership style along with his inability to make decisions at critical times, which lead to the undoing of Nazi Germany.
Beginning with the reoccupation of the Rhineland …show more content…
According to his so-called “Leadership Principle”, ultimate authority rested with him and extended downward. Hitler had an incredible memory for detail. Every point had to be correct and consistent with previous briefings. He would become annoyed at any discrepancies. Hitler combined his insistence on personal control with a leadership style that often consisted of equal parts stubbornness and indecisiveness (Geoffrey Megargee).
Strategic decisions: - Hitler's strategic decisions corresponded to the same pattern in domestic politics. In pursuing short-term mobilization, the Reich avoided sketching out alternative strategies in case of unanticipated setbacks (Mommsen).
Hitler’s belief that Germany's victories were his alone left no room for his general’s advice. His leadership style coupled with his hesitation to make critical decisions proved to be unworkable in the end and led inevitably to Germany's eventual defeat.
“At the risk of appearing to talk nonsense I tell you that the Nazi movement will go on for 1,000 years! ... Don't forget how people laughed at me 15 years ago when I declared that one day I would govern Germany. They laugh now, just as foolishly, when I declare that I shall remain in power” by Adolf