The main reason for Hitler becoming chancellor was due to the level of support the Nazis had. By 1933 the Nazis had the largest amount of support in Germany with 37% of the vote, in the 1932 election. Although it took a year for Hitler to become Chancellor electoral success is the primary reason. But this electoral support did combine with other elements to allow Hitler to obtain Chancellorship, such as Hitler’s intelligence, the policies of the Nazi suiting the German hierarchy and Hindenburg.
Hitler’s intelligence in relation to the Chancellorship was a key factor in Hitler becoming Chancellor. For several years leading up to 1933 Hitler had made friends with many industrialists, who were key to Hitler’s push for the chancellorship. These men were usually right wing aristocrats who would have had at least mixed in the same circles as President Von Hindenburg, as well as this many of these industrialists would have influenced Hindenburg. In 1932 all of the leading industrialists wrote in their support of the Nazi Part and Hitler. Many historians attributed this to the reason that Hindenburg gave Hitler the Chancellorship, so it is clear by Hitler getting support of key industrialists it made it harder for Hindenburg to turn down Hitler’s claims for the chancellorship. This shows that Hitler was intelligent in the way he way manipulated people to his advantage, Hitler undoubtedly knew that by gaining their support the cause of the Nazis. To compound this Hitler’s stubbornness towards compromise helped him become Chancellorship. Hitler was offered the vice-chancellorship in the latter part of 1932 which he rejected; Hitler would have been aware how poorly how the country was doing and this was merely a way to get the support of Hitler’s industrialist supporters. By rejecting, Hitler pushed the German government into creating a