Hitler: A Prelude to War
Adolf Hitler was a brilliant man, a charismatic leader,and a harsh dictator. His promises of a better life fornationalistic Germans allowed him to successfully riseto power and attempt world domination. He ruled throughterror and left a staggering death toll of six millionHitler was born in Austria in 1889. He dropped out ofschool at age 14, and four years later left his home forVienna to become an artist. He was told he had noartistic talent and was denied admission into theImperial Academy of Fine Arts (Pinchbeck). Living onthe streets of Vienna he "discovered that the Germanswere a superior race of people and the natural mastersof the inferior races of Europe. He also learned hisanti-Semitism, racism and hatred of all Slavic people"(Kreis). He was inspired but an ex-monk namedLiebenfels who taught him the belief in "the superiorityof the Germans, the inevitability of racial conflict andthe inferiority of the Jews" and also taught him that togrow the master race by selective breeding and the"systematic sterilization of inferior races" (Kreis). When was broke out in 1914, Hitler found in it meaningand discipline and a reason for living. The war
He believed Jews wereresponsible for pornography, modern art, prostitution,and the loss of World War I and ignored the fact thatsome of his favorite musicians and composers were Jewish(Pinchbeck). In August 1934, Hindenburg dies,leaving Hitler as President. He launched a public works program that pulled Germanyout of depression, added superhighways, officebuildings, huge stadiums, virtually eliminatedunemployment, and raised the standard of livingconsiderably. To avoidanother World War, Western Europe sat back and watched,eager to appease Hitler and "although most westernstatesmen had sufficient warning that Hitler was athreat to a general European peace, they failed to rallytheir people and take a stand until it was too late. In 1936, Hitler also "re-exerted German control overthe Rhineland, sending troops into an area demilitarizedsince World War I" (Westra). Hitler's unreasonable hatred and greed for power leadhim to risk everything in order to rule the mostpowerful country in the world and "purify the Aryanrace". After their defeat in1918, "Hitler's world was shattered" (Kreis). Though he was charismatic and skilled in politicsand diplomacy, he was "a gambler; he counted too much onboldness and bluff, intuition and luck" and made poormilitary decisions (Westra). Hitler formed alliances with otherdictators and, to fulfill his dream of a vast Germanempire throughout Europe, began to expand. After their defeat in 1918, "Hitler'sworld was shattered" (Kreis). He joinedthe German Worker's Party, which denounced Jews,Marxists, and liberals, promised national socialism,used propaganda and theatrical rallies for mass man towork audiences into a frenzy and changed its name to theNational Socialist German Worker's Party, Nazi for short(Westra). Inthis respect, you could argue that the responsibilityfor World War II ought to remain on the shoulders ofBritain, France and the United States" (Kreis). A policy of non-intervention from Britain,France, and America allowed him to invade country aftercountry and kill countless innocents.
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