The Merriam- Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines opportunism as "the art, policy, or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances often with little regard for principles or consequences." An ideologue is defined as "an impractical idealist" or "an often...

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in an Austrian town called Braunau. He was the forth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Klara Schickelgruber. Two of Hitlers siblings died from diphtheria when they were children and one shortly after birth. Hitler's father was a customs official and...

Adolf Hitler was the Führer of Nazi Germany and the driving force behind the attempt to exterminate European Jewry. By the end of 1941, Hitler was, almost certainly, committed to a plan to murder all the Jews living in territory, either directly controlled by Germany or in the German sphere of ...

Adolf Hitler – Loser? "History only remembers the winners. Losers like Hitler deserve to be forgotten." The above statement blatantly refers to Hitler as a loser, who deserves to be forgotten. The statement was correct; Hitler was eventually a loser, but it was not for his su...

Joe Ciano Mrs. Colford Global History 9 January 1999 Adolf Hitler's Influence on the World Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria.(Dorpalen Microsoft Encarta 98) Eighteen ninety-nine was the year of his birth. He was a poor boy and a high school dropout. He was rejected tw...

How far does the intentionalists theory explain the nazis final solution? There are two views concerning Hitler and how the final solution came in to place, the intentionalist's view believes Hitler had always intended to kill the Jews based on his avowed anti-Semitism in Mein Kampf and in ...

Explain the extent to which Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state between 1933-1945. The rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and their eventual accession to power marked the beginnings of a totalitarian state from 1933 to 1945. Under the rule of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party, Germany ...

The 1930s were turbulent times in Germany's history. World War I had left the country in shambles and, as if that weren't enough, the people of Germany had been humiliated and stripped of their pride and dignity by the Allies. Germany's dream of becoming one of the strongest nations in the wo...