Hitler's Power And Failure Of The Kaiser Wilhelm II

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On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau Am Inn, Austria to Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl. In the early days of Hitler’s life, he was an unrestrained and carefree child who lived a happy life. His mother was very caring and affectionate towards him while his father spent most of his time either at work or following his hobby of keeping bees. Hitler had an older brother named Alois Hitler Jr. and an older sister named Angela, and a few years after he was born his mom gave birth to another son named Edmund and another sister named Paula. After his father retired and Hitler started to go to school his life began to change. He was no longer able to live his previous carefree lifestyle and now his strict father was going to be watching

The rise and fall of Adolf Hitler was very interesting from birth, in Braunau Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889, till his suicide with his wife on April 30, 1945, in his Berlin bunker. The events throughout his life have been reviewed by many people. This paper will touch on his early years , rise of power , and death. Through this path, Hitler left a legacy that is still remembered today and studied in schools throughout the world.

a. Kaiser Wilhelm II is an emotional leader though he is usually calm.But when emotions come into play, he lets his emotion judge his actions and to him it justifies his actions (334). He doesn't seem to do anything about his emotions. Surprises seem to cause him to become irrational and stubborn (143). He can not foresee consequences of his actions. The Kaiser appeared beside Austria as "shining armor" to avenge her; though later the Kaiser is nervous when Austria delivered an ultimatum to Serbia (85). The Kaiser's weakness are that he can not keep his emotion in check and unable to foresee consequences. The Kaiser can manipulate people with his words, positive or negative. He told his troops to behave like the Huns of Attila and demands that other countries recognize their aims for expansion (8). He declared, "We draw the sword with clear conscience and with clean hands." and later proclaimed loudly, " From this day on I recognize no parties but only Germans." (151). His

Economically, Mussolini and Hitler had the same goals, for their countries to be self-sufficient, and to eliminate the unemployment. These two dictators used their country’s failing

Discuss the impacts of Hitler's political, social and economical control of Germany in the Third Reich. (1500 words)

When The First World War finally ended on November 11th 1918; Germany were labelled the losers. It was a terrible time however it was very good for extremist parties as people living extreme conditions are more likely to listen to extreme ideas. The Nazi’s were extremes with their leader Adolf Hitler. Hitler's rise to power can’t be pin pointed down to one event but many including; Germany’s economic state, the main factor, that Hitler was a charismatic man and The Treaty of Versailles. Hitler used all these factors to his advantage which meant finally in 1933 he become Chancellor.

Is it a coincidence that Hitler and the Nazis increased their popularity, while the Weimar Republic decreased their spot in Germany’s government? The only reason the Nazi Party increased their popularity was because the Weimar Republic made Germany become distressed and also the Young Plan of 1928 contributing to the Nazis gaining 18% in the 1930 Reichstag elections. Therefore, Germany began panicking which led Hitler to gain power, Germany created the Weimar Constitution to drive Germany out of this economic downfall, and the League of Nations created the Treaty of Versailles to force Germany to harsh terms and which ultimately led Hitler and the Nazi Party to take control of the German government.

September 1, 1939: Silence in Europe is brought to an abrupt end! German forces storm the Polish borders, and break the Non-Aggression Pact laid forth over five years before (EyeWitness). The Fuhrer spoke of the Poles breaking down the peace talks, and of the atrocities committed upon the Germanic people by them (Hitler, Adolf), but these highly exaggerated claims veiled Hitler’s true intentions: Though Hitler’s primary goal was the conquering of Europe, hindsight shows that the removal of groups of people he disliked or thought of as ‘lesser’ were included in his plans from the start. Two days later, on September 3rd, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany: This was it, the Second World War had begun (EyeWitness).

During the time of WW2 there was much turmoil left over from WW1 many big nations tried to co exist they came up with the Four power treaty between the US, Britain, Japan and France. Many of these countries were still not able to co exist Hitler was involved in WW1 and thought that the limits put upon Germany were unfair. Hitler was able to have knowledge of the war he began to speak and brought audiences to his attention for example, "Hitler soon revealed and exceptional gift for oratory and an astonishing ability to dominate his fellow party members by sheer force of personalty" (35). Based on Hitlers speaking and how he was able to capture audiences the power of the Nazi power grew stronger and stronger. Hitler wanted to take back the land

One of the main factors causing the outbreak of The Great War was the aggressive sentiment of a recently unified Germany. With a pervasive feeling of nationalism, and a sense of entitlement as a world power, Germany had the need to satisfy its growing development, and therefore the need to secure its importation of natural resources. Industrialized and militarized, and feeling confident after the relatively easy victory of the Franco-Prussian War, Germany was prepared for a multi-front offensive with the secretive Schlieffen Plan. Several factors strained Germany’s relations with its neighbors. Confrontational rhetoric from Kaiser Wilhelm II, who represented the sentiment of a modern generation in Germany, acrimonious feelings from missed opportunities

Do you know a powerful dictator that wanted to take all power? Well Hitler was just that, Adolf Hitler was a German chancellor that wanted to take all power and conquer as many countries for power. Hitler was also a dictator, he tried to most countries. Adolf Hitler never cared and wanted all power, he killed jews for the fault of the loss of World War 1. Although Hitler had some skills that made him a significant leader. Germany had been weak since the loss of World War 1 with the Weimar Republic, This had some consequences for Germany. Although after Adolf Hitler became chancellor he made Germany big again by rearming his army and taking power.

Unsurprisingly, Hitler is known to be insignificant due to his harsh beliefs, personality, and the actions he took to sustain his negative beliefs. Since he himself was insignificant, would this mean his leadership was trifling as well? Despite the opinion of why his leadership was a failure, the opinion that supports his leadership is mainly due to the fall of the Weimar Republic. During the ruling of the Weimar Republic over Germany, the Weimar would cause the invasion of the Ruhr, political violence and general distrust, and the failure to amend the Great Depression. Under Hitler’s leadership, however, he would heavily violate the Treaty of Versailles, break German Democracy, and would rise to power due to his beliefs and actions.

Germany has had a variety of leadership styles in the past century. A monarchy, a republic, and a dictatorship. All of this happened in the life span of a man named Adolf Hitler. He was an Austrian citizen with a tremendous amount of pride for the country of Germany. This man would be one of the most unrelenting dictators of the century, causing the bloodiest war in history, causing almost seventy-three million deaths. You must be wondering, ¨ How could a man that would cause that much damage to get into a position of power?¨ He achieved the position of Fuhrer through the use of loopholes in the Weimar Republic's voting system and setting up events that would devastate the current government, and ultimately increase his power. As well as using the failures of the republic, the great depression, and his public speaking skills, he took over Germany and led it through the events of WWII.

Hitler hated Jews, early on in his life he tried to make something of himself and went to an art school in Vienna there was a war there and Hitler was a soldier. “The defeat of Germany in the first world war had a significant impact of Hitler's view and his political beliefs.” “Many nationalists and conservatives believed that Germany had not lost the war on the battlefield but due to betrayal from within, by a ‘stab in the back’.” “Socialists, communists and particularly Jews were blamed, even though more than 100,000 German and Austrian Jews had served in the war and 12,000 had been killed. After the war, Hitler joined a new extreme right wing party, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, quickly becoming its strongman because he could inspire people with his speeches.” Hitler and his party were so fiercely opposed to the new Weimar Republic, as it was called, that in “1923 they tried to seize power.” “The coup failed and Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison.” During the time he served he wrote Mein Kampf it was about his struggles. Hitler's leadership was one of vast significance because he helped in the collapse in the Weimar republic, this will increase his popularity, Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland after he canceled the militarized clauses of the treaty in march 1936.