Hitler

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Adolf Hitler, an Austrian by birth, joined the German army during World War I. He won an Iron Cross for his bravery. In February 1925, he rebuilt and revitalized his political party, the Nazi party. Its strength increased gradually. In 1932, Hitler acquired German citizenship.


Fresh elections to the Reichstag (German Parliament) took place on March 5, 1933, in which 44% of the total seats were won by the Nazi Party. Thus Hitler formed a coalition government with the nationalists who won 8% of the total seats.


After becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler crushed all opposition and began a campaign of repression against Jews and Communists. On June 30, 1934 he massacred thousands of socialists for treason, for which the day came to be known as ’Bloody Saturday.’


He centralized all the powers of the central and local governments, coordinated all the labor and youth organizations and controlled all the aspects of national life, including the Press, educational institutions, the stage and the cinema.


When President Hindenburg died on August 2, 1934, he was succeeded by Hitler.
The Nazi Party adopted three goals in its foreign policy:
Union of all the people of the German race by the right of self-determination, in one great Germany
The cancellation of the Peace Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain and
The acquisitions of further territory for the support of the people


Hitler then took a series of measures to repudiate the Treaty of Versailles. On October 14, 1933, Germany gave notice of withdrawal from the League of Nations and the Disarmament Conference. On March 19, 1935, Germany violated Part V of the Treaty of Versailles by re-introducing military conscription. On March 7, 1936, Hitler dispatched troops to remilitarize the Rhineland.


To expand German territory and power, Hitler followed a policy of naked aggression. Germany entered into a pact with Japan against Russia. It was kn...