- Joined the German army during WWI. This sparked his interest in German politics.
- Became very upset with the German government, the Weimar Republic, and the reparations from WWI.
- In 1919 Hitler joined the extremist party, the German Worker's Party. He renamed it to the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party a.k.a. Nazi Party.
- 1921 he became the Nazi Party leader and attempted to overthrow the Weimar Republic but failed and was sent to prison where he wrote his famous book of goals/beliefs, Mein Kampf.
- 1933 Hitler was elected chancellor and in 1934 he became Führer.
- Hitler's reign was The Third Reich. It was a one-party state with no civil rights.
- Disloyal Nazis were executed and the Gestape (secret police) killed any traitors.
- Hitler Youth were brainwashed and swore absolute loyalty to Germany.
- Women were prohibited from universities and were forced to have pure-blooded Aryan babies.
- Churches were taken over by Hitler and books he disagreed with were burned.
- Jews, gypsies, etc. were persecuted and killed.
- Nuremberg Laws established in 1935.
- Kristallnacht took place on November 9
and 10 , 1938. It was a violent attack on German Jews. The Jews were sent to concentration camps and executed. - Hitler expanded the German Empire from 1934-1945.
- Late 1944 the Western allies and Red Army closed in on Germany. There was no chance for negotiations because Franklin D. Roosevelt was no longer alive. Hitler and his wife committed suicide on April 30, 1945, shortly after he ordered the destruction of German industrial infrastructure.
Nazi Germany domination at its height:
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