What made hitler the biggest dictator of history
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With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Fuhrer, or “Leader.” The German army took an oath of allegiance to its new commander-in-chief, and the last remnants of Germany’s democratic government were dismantled to make way for Hitler’s Third Reich. The Fuhrer assured his people that the Third Reich would last for a thousand years, but Nazi Germany collapsed just 11 years later.
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Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] (About this soundlisten); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party,[a] becoming Chancellor in 1933 and then Führer in 1934.[b] During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about 6 million Jews and millions of other victims.
Adolf Hitler
Hitler portrait crop.jpg
Official portrait, 1938
Führer of Germany
In office
2 August 1934 – 30 April 1945
Preceded by
Paul von Hindenburg (President)
Succeeded by
Karl Dönitz (President)
Chancellor of Germany
In office
30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945
President
Paul von Hindenburg
(1933–1934)
Deputy
Franz von Papen
(1933–1934)
Hermann Göring
(1941–1945)
Preceded by
Kurt von Schleicher
Succeeded by
Joseph Goebbels
Führer of the Nazi Party
In office
29 July 1921[1] – 30 April 1945
Deputy
Rudolf Hess (1933–1941)
Preceded by
Anton Drexler (Chairman)
Succeeded by
Martin Bormann (Party Minister)
Personal details
Born
20 April 1889
Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Died
30 April 1945 (aged 56)
Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of death
Suicide by gunshot
Citizenship
Austrian (1889–1925)
Stateless (1925–1932)
German (1932–1945)
Political party
Nazi Party (1921–1945)
Other political
affiliations
German Workers' Party (1919–1920)
Spouse(s)
Eva Braun (m. 1945)
Parents
Alois Hitler
Klara Pölzl
Cabinet
Hitler cabinet
Signature
Signature of Adolf Hitler
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch
Imperial German Army
Bavarian Army
Reichswehr
Wehrmacht
Service years
German EmpireWeimar Republic 1914–1920
Nazi Germany 1939–1945
Rank
Gefreiter
Unit
16th Bavarian Reserve Regiment
Wars
World War I
Western Front
First Battle of Ypres
Battle of the Somme (WIA)
Battle of Arras
Battle of Passchendaele
World War II
Awards
Iron Cross First Class
Iron Cross Second Class
Wound Badge
Hitler was born in Austria – then part of Austria-Hungary – and was raised near Linz. He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and was appointed leader of the Nazi Party in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to seize governmental power in a failed coup in Munich and was imprisoned with a sentence of five years. In jail, he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). After his early release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting pan-Germanism, anti-Semitism and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. He frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as part of a Jewish conspiracy.
By November 1932, the Nazi Party had the most seats in the German Reichstag but did not have a majority. As a result, no party was able to form a majority parliamentary coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly after, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933 which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of Nazism. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order dominated by Britain and France. His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic Germans, which gave him significant popular support.
Hitler sought Lebensraum (lit. 'living space') for the German people in Eastern Europe, and his aggressive foreign policy is considered the primary cause of World War II in Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and, on 1 September 1939, invaded Poland, resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. In June 1941, Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union. By the end of 1941, German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North Africa. These gains were gradually reversed after 1941, and in 1945 the Allied armies defeated the German army. On 29 April 1945, he married his longtime lover Eva Braun in the Führerbunker in Berlin. Less than two days later, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture by the Soviet Red Army. Their corpses were burned.