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The term was originally used by some Nazis to suggest a revolutionary process, [97] though Hitler, and others, used the word Machtübernahme ("take-over of power"), reflecting that the transfer of power took place within the existing constitutional framework [97] and suggesting that the process was legal. [98] [99]
Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a 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.
Although, Hitler in a pragmatic course of action, also was interested to take advantage of Reactionary movements, like Action Française, that were against the French Third Republic's Liberal-Democratic values and so a powerful disidency without being instrumets of Soviet Comintern or Anglo-American Capitalist Think tank, despite Nazi thinkers ...
German Nazi politician Joseph Goebbels (1897 - 1945) listens to Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) making election speech in 1932. Credit - Keystone-Getty Images
Hácha, Hitler and Göring meeting in Berlin, 14/15 March 1939 First German poster in Prague, 15 March 1939. English translation: "Notice to the population. By order of the Führer and Supreme Commander of the German Wehrmacht. I have taken over, as of today, the executive power in the Province of Bohemia. Headquarters, Prague, 15 March 1939.
Hitler, believing the British would not take action, ordered an invasion plan should be readied for September 1939. [74] On 23 May, Hitler described to his generals his overall plan of not only seizing the Polish Corridor but greatly expanding German territory eastward at the expense of Poland.
This led Hitler to rely more and more on Bormann to handle the domestic policies of the country. On 12 April 1943, Hitler officially appointed Bormann as Personal Secretary to the Führer. [17] By this time Bormann had de facto control over all domestic matters, and this new appointment gave him the power to act in an official capacity in any ...
February 1921: highly effective at speaking to large audiences – Hitler spoke to a crowd of over 6,000 in Munich. [10] 28 July: Adolf Hitler is elected chairman of the NSDAP with only one dissenting vote. Executive Committee of the party is dissolved. Party Founder Anton Drexler is made "Honorary Chairman" and resigns from the party soon after.