Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party , [ c ] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
16 March — Adolf Hitler announces German rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. 22 March — The first Television program is broadcast from the Funkturm in Berlin by Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow (TV Station Paul Nipkow) 28 April — Hitler orders 12 submarines, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
In March 1935, Hitler announced the creation of an air force, and that the Reichswehr would be increased to 550,000 men. [59] Britain agreed to Germany building a naval fleet with the signing of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement on 18 June 1935.
1935: Berlin Marwitz group Several officials in the German Foreign Office attempted to instigate an army coup against Hitler; they distributed a letter asserting that "The oath of allegiance to Hitler has lost its meaning since he is ready to sacrifice Germany", and that "now was the time to act." [10] 1935: Berlin Paul Josef Stuermer
The Hitler cabinet was the government of Nazi Germany between 30 January 1933 and 30 April 1945 upon the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. It was contrived by the national conservative politician Franz von Papen , who reserved the office of the Vice-Chancellor for himself. [ 1 ]
Adolf Hitler formally renounced the disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles and re-introduced conscription. [1] [dead link ] [19] The French Chamber of Deputies voted to raise the term of compulsory military service from one to two years. [20] Died: John James Rickard Macleod, 58, Scottish biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate
Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and SA leader Viktor Lutze stand in front of the Ehrenhalle, or "Hall of Honor." The Nuremberg rallies (officially Reichsparteitag ⓘ , meaning Reich Party Congress ) were a series of celebratory events coordinated by the Nazi Party and held in the German city of Nuremberg from 1923 to 1938.
The first important biography was written in exile in Switzerland by Konrad Heiden (1901-1966), Hitler: A Biography (2 vol Zürich, 1936–1937); an English version appeared as Der Führer – Hitler's Rise to Power (1944). Heiden was a journalist for a liberal newspaper who witnessed Hitler's rise to power firsthand, and fled to exile when he ...