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Hitler joins small German Workers Party
Hitler volunteered for the German army when World War I broke out. He served for two years in the army, then in October 1916, he was gassed. After he was hospitalized he recieved the Iron Cross first class in August 1918. He now saw war veterans as heroes. After the war he took up political work and by 1919 he joined the German Workers Party which would eventually turn into the Naztionalist Socialist party. -
Hitler takes power over Germany (1)
After joining the party in 1919, he climbed up the ranks fast. In 1920 he was put in charge of the parties propaganda. Later that year the party was re-named to the National Socialist party. His propaganda combined with his ambiton cause some problems with the leaders. Whenever this happened though he just threatened to resign, because he knew he was the best at propaganda, so they needed him. Finally in July 1921 he took over leadership of the party. -
Hitler takes over Germany (2)
From there on he made many pacts and treaties all which gained him support in the German people. Finally in the election of 1933 he won with almost 50% of the votes. -
Hitler uses conscription and persuades Britain to let them have a navy
After World War I Germany was banned from having any sort of military or naval fleet. He wanted to convince the world that he was a peaceful man, trying to lead a peaceful nation. Finally in 1935 he convinced Britain to let him hav a naval for defensive purposes. He used propaganda to lower their suspicion and his army and navy went almost unnoticed for their size. -
World War II Begins
After getting his army fully ready for war, even though it appeared to everyone else that he had just enough of an army to protect himself if needed. He marched out and took over one country at a time, after each one he promised it would be his last. On September 1st he took Poland, and two days later both France and Britain declared war on Hitler, which was his plan from the start. -
Concentration camps become extermination camps
One of Hitler's main goals was to cleanse the earth, he believed in the German people, the Aryan race. To acheive this he took what he considered to be the root of all evil, the jews, into concentration camps where they were forced to live in the ghetto's, and work for nothing. Sometime in January they were ordered to start killing the Jews at random, and in the end they killed over 6 million Jews. -
Adolf Hitler passes away
The war was going perfect for the Nazi's until Hitler made a big mistake. Instead of focusing on the Western front and keeping his alliance with Russia until he had conquered the West, he decided to attack them. The two front war was way to much for the German army. On top of that, the weather in Russia was way colder than expected, and caused many of the German weapons, and people to break down. On this night, as Germany was being invaded from all sides, he took his own life, by gunshot. -
World War II Ends
With Hitler dead, Germany being invaded from everywhere, the war was finally over. Almost exactly 6 years later, and millions upon millions of dead humans the carnage had ended. This was the end of the Nazi campaign, and the world was in shock and fear of what people are capable of. Everyone wanted to avoid another holocaust, but Hitler still did have his followers. -
Daughter and Son beaten by neo-nazis
For a long time there were no visible Nazi groups, in 1990 there was an estimated 20 Nazi's in Russia. In 2004 however that number is estimated to be between 50 and 60 thousand. On February 13, a man was rushed by 7 teen age neo-nazi's. His daughter was stabbed until she bled out and died, and the son was beaten so badly that he barely survived when he got rushed to the hospital. -
Calgary neo-nazi group tries to bring people to Canada
In 2008 a group of about 20 neo-nazi' sent a mass message out to any people like them. They wanted them to join them in Calgary, to form a neo-nazi party almost. They even offered to pay for damage costs of their houses, or anything that they needed. Calgary went up in an outrage, people couldn't believe what they were saying or hearing. -
Article on neo-nazi party in Germany
Germany is currently the richest nation in Europe, but even the past that haunts the nation the most, is coming back it seems. There is a part of this rich nation that is going back to the ways of Hitler's regime. The regime that had destroyed Germany, making it evil in many countries eyes, it seems that people still support him, much to the amazement of the rest of the world.
