One for the price of many Looking over my wife’s‚ Ida’s‚ Gustav’s and Otto’s grave 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
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which comes to mind when the name ’Adolf Hitler’ is mentioned‚ in truth‚ it is probably one of the last. Fuhrer of Germany’s Third Reich‚ he is undoubtedly the world’s most hated man‚ and yet elements of genius are ingrained in his persona. Hitler‚ in the final dozen years of his life‚ was irrefutably evil. However he was not born with this attitude‚ nor the racial prejudices he is hardheartedly remembered for. Born in 1889 Braunau‚ Austria‚ to Klara Hitler and the customs official Alois Schickelgruber
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why did they start and how? Stalin page. highlighted main points What are they fighting for? Stalin fought for communism and him being in power over all of it. He was Lenin’s right hand man and Lenin was fighting to make the country a soviet country where everyone is equal. What type of terrorist group are they? Stalin’s terrorism was a part state terrorism. It was within the laws of that area to kill off all the people that died. Who are they fighting against? Stalin was fighting against any politicians
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Stalin Declassified “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic” • Murders more than his own country than all killed in war Russia were in wars combined • May 1945‚ victory. USSR celebrate end of WWII. Victory at great cost. Death toll at 7mill according to Stalin. Soviet documents declassified rose and said at 9million military‚ 17 military civilians. 26 million total. • January 1924 Lenin dead. Stalin began to emerge as the chief • Goal of soviet communism-
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D4 Why was Stalin able to defeat his political rivals so easily in the years 1924–29? The main contenders to Stalin in the struggle for power were: Bukharin‚ Trotsky‚ Zinoviev and Kamenev who all played a significant role in the success of Stalin as the leader of the Communist Party. The main reasons‚ however‚ include Stalin’s political position‚ Stalin’s manipulation of the Party machine and Stalin’s exploitation of the internal divisions of the Party. One reason as to why Stalin succeeded Lenin
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Alternate History 11/29/10 American History 7th period Without Hitler‚ German fascism could possibly die in early stages. At the very least‚ we probably don’t see the militarization of Germany occur quite so fast. So‚ Germany still has some averages left in the government. Italy is still fascist‚ but Mussolini never would have had the resources to lead Europe into a World War. Without Hitler and Mussolini personal bond the teamwork between Germany and Italy is much less than what had
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history of the Soviet Union there had been many rulers who led the Soviet Union into a superpower. Lenin and Stalin‚ two of the most controversial dictators of the Soviet Union‚ were those dictators that brought the Soviet Union to that position. Though their social policies were the same‚ the way they ruled the country and their economic policies differed greatly. The aspects of Stalin and Lenin’s rule which made them so similar were that they both rules were similar. They ruled the Soviet Union
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known as possibly the greatest leader of the French Revolution. Stalin is known as one of Russia’s greatest leaders. There are many differences and similarities in each of their reigns as leaders. Both used economic plans and total war effort as a campaign to further there revolution. Stalin and Robespierre used their revolutions‚ however‚ through terror Stalin remained true to his revolution but Robespierre betrayed his. Stalin had an ingenious plan to help his country’s economy get back on track
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outcome. Consider the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two‚ in which fear that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies caused America enact one of their worst human rights violations. Also consider the extreme case of Joseph Stalin‚ in which fear of betrayal and sabotage caused him to murder and execute members of his own government‚ many of whom were actually loyal. While many historians and psychiatrists have since argued that Stalin’s paranoia stemmed from underlying mental
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This brings me‚ naturally‚ to the great question of invasion from the air‚ and of the impending struggle between the British and German Air Forces. It seems quite clear that no invasion on a scale beyond the capacity of our land forces to crush speedily is likely to take place from the air until our Air Force has been definitely overpowered. In the meantime‚ there may be raids by parachute troops and attempted descents of airborne soldiers. We should be able to give those gentry a warm reception
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