Adolf Hitler

             On November 9th 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted to take over the German Government with force. In the years before 1922 was the great depression. Germans had lost their life savings in the matter of one day. For know the people still stood by their Government but Hitler knew that it was just a matter of time. He hatched a plot in which they would kidnap the leaders of the Bavarian government and force them at gunpoint to accept Hitler as their leader. Then, according to their plan, with the aid of famous World War One General, Erich Ludendorff, they would win over the German Army, proclaim a nationwide revolt and bring down the German democratic government in Berlin.
             They put this plan into action when they learned that a large gathering of business men were going to be at the Munich beer hall, and the scheduled guests were the Bavarian leaders that they wanted to kidnap.
             On November 8th, Hitler's stromtroopers burst into the Munich beer hall causing instant panic. Hitler burst through the door and fired his pistol at the ceiling. Then shouted "SILENCE!" at the stunned crowd. The national revolution has begun, Hitler shouted. "..No one may leave the hall. Unless there is immediate quiet I shall have a machine gun posted in the gallery. The Bavarian and Reich governments have been removed and a provisional national government formed. The barracks of the Reichswehr and police are occupied. The Army and the police are marching on the city under the swastika banner!" None of this was true but the people in the beer hall could not know otherwise.
             Hitler then ordered the Bavarian officials into another room where Hitler informed them that they would take part in this Nazi revolution and join his Government. But to Hitler's surprise, they just glared back at him and refused to talk. Hitler responded by waving his pistol at them and yelling: "I have four shots in my pistol! Three for you, gentlemen. T...

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