| Name(s) |
ADOLF HITLER |
| Date of
Birth |
April 20, 1889 |
| Date of
Death |
April 30, 1945 |
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Identity |
Austrian-born German politician.
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1923:
- He attempted a coup in Munich to seize power, but his failure resulted in his imprisonment, during which time he wrote his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle").
- 1924:
- After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by promoting Pan-Germanism, antisemitism, and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda.
- 1933 to 1945:
- He was chancellor of Germany.
- March 10, 1935:
- He renounced the Treaty of Versailles and ordered conscription.
- September 01, 1939:
- He directed large-scale rearmament and on this day invaded Poland, resulting in British and French declarations of war on Germany.
- June 1941:
- He ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union.
- 1945:
- In the final days of the war, during the Battle of Berlin in 1945, Hitler married his long-time lover, Eva Braun.
- April 30, 1945:
- He and his wife committed suicide to avoid capture by the Red Army.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the leader of the Nazi Party.
- As a dictator of Nazi Germany, he was at the centre of World War II in Europe, and the Holocaust.
- He was a decorated veteran of World War I.
- He aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany.
- He also intended to establish a New Order to counter the injustice of the post–World War I international order dominated by Britain and France.
- His initial phase in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression. He also succeeded in the annexation of territories that were home to millions of ethnic Germans.
- Failure to defeat the Soviets and the entry of the United States into the war forced Germany onto the defensive and it suffered a series of defeats.
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