One such man was Adolf Hitler. He petitioned the King of Bavaria to fight or the German army although not a citizen and was granted the opportunity. On receiving the news he remarked, " I opened the document with trembling hands; no words of mine can describe the satisfaction I felt... Within a few days I was wearing that uniform which I was not to put off again for nearly six years." He was enrolled in a reserve infantry regiment known as the List Regiment. In this regiment he met Rudolf Hess and Max Amann, who would become high-ranking members of the Nazi party after the war. In October, after initial training Hitler's regiment headed for the Western front. They were first used
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