Adolf Hitler Hitler was born in Austria‚ on April 20‚ 1889‚ to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. At the age of three Hitler and his family moved from Austria to Germany. Hitler’s father disapproved in his interest in fine arts. After Hitler’s father died in 1903‚ his mother allowed him to leave school and move to Vienna. While there he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts twice‚ and was rejected. Throughout the years after losing all of his money bill and began to cultivate his anti-Semitism. When world
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made me remember when my favourite son was alive... Adolf Hitler. I still can’t believe he was the smallest of all my children. From April 20‚ 1889 to April 30 1945 I have loved all he has done. Now I acknowledge the doctor’s decision who managed to persuade me to spare the young Austrian boy. I remember knocking on the doctor’s door in my dark-green uniform to see my beautiful wife and the future leader of Germany. Foolishly I assumed Adolf was going to die which would left my wife heartbroken
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Background of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th of April 1889 in a small town in Austria called Brannua. He was raised in a broken home and was abused by his father while growing up. Hitler was known to have a keen interest in art and actually applied to an art school in Vienna but was turned down. He later began a career in the military as a messenger to deliver instructions to generals behind enemy lines and return with feed back to commanders. During his time as a corporal‚ Hitler received
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1 September 1939: Adolf Hitler invades an unsuspecting Poland that started one of the most devastating wars in the history of the world. From this attack‚ Hitler went on to concur other great nations in Eastern Europe. Hitler’s reign of terror resulted in the death of millions of Jews living in Eastern Europe and countless lives of American soldiers. 11 September 2001: Two planes hit the World Trade Center‚ a plane hits the Pentagon‚ and a plane crashes in Pennsylvania. It is immediately thought
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The Rise of Adolf Hitler After the failure of the putsch on November 9‚ 1923 and his “one year” imprisonment‚ Adolf Hitler realized that he needed to change his approach in order to seize the power he desired. In order to overthrow the government‚ Hitler needed to use democracy. After the stock market crash in 1929‚ the notion of Hitler becoming the leader became more tempting for the Germans. Using the tragic state of the economy to rise to power‚ Hitler managed to become Chancellor in 1933. This
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Name: * Teacher: * ENG2D1 27/05/2012 Benito Mussolini‚ Founding Father of Fascism Mussolini once stated that “It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.” As you would expect words like these from the mouth of Mussolini himself had been the inspirational backing to this dictator’s rain as sole leader
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Paragraph 2: Adolf Hitler was one of the worst dictators in history. He killed over six million Jewish people in the holocaust because he believed that they were a threat to the supremacy of the Aryan race. Adolf Hitler’s steps to dictatorship began in the August of 1914 when he was accepted into the German army. When Germany was defeated in 1918 he was outraged‚ as a result he decided to continue working as an officer for the military. He was assigned as an intelligence officer for the German
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Source E: A historical picture taken of Mussolini and Hitler‚ emphasising their alliance and similarities in state. The picture was taken at a march where both leaders are seen to be leading the military forces. ORIGINS: Source E is a primary source‚ a historical picture found in a book called The History of World War II‚ Volume 1. The purpose of this photograph is to record a historical event. To show the two dictators joining forces as allies and leading their countries forward. This photograph
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differences between Hitler and Napoleon‚ however I feel there were more similarities. They were both immigrants in the country they ended up ruling‚ both conquered most of Europe‚ both had radical views about fighting‚ and both were very quick in their fighting. However‚ the most significant similarities between the two leaders is how they were accepted as monarchs in a previously democratic society‚ and what they did for the countries after becoming monarchs. Hitler and Napoleon were accepted
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inflation‚ riots‚ and strikes. It was then that Mussolini joined the fascist party‚ later becoming its leader. Gradually he transformed the Italian government into a dictatorship‚ which ultimately led to his downfall. Benito Mussolini’s future was crafted by how he was raised. The power
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