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__Hitler's Early Life__
__﻿__ During Hitler's early life he moved to Munich in 1913 and was recalled to Austria in 1914 because they wanted to examine him to see if he was able to fight in the war. Nevertheless, he was rejected because he was unfit to them. Therefore when he was 16 World War I broke out. So he enlisted into the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment and he was now in the army. When Hitler was in the army he served in the front lines as a runner and he was very good. Hitler was promoted to corpral and was decorated 4 times which means he recieved a lot of rewards. Like the Iron Cross 1st Class award on August 4, 1918. Hitler was badly wounded at the end of the war and apperently finding a home away from home in the army he stayed with his regiment until April 1920. In April 1920 he left the army to work full time for the German Workers Party propaganda. To me in so many ways war service transformed Hitler into a Militaristic Nationalist.

__How the end of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles caused problems for Germany__
__﻿__ World War I's ending caused a lot of problems for Germany in so many ways. When World War I ended germany was in such a loss and barely had any money. As a result, their country economically failed and so did there political aspects too. What made the situation worse was the fact that the Treaty of Versailles stated that Germany would have to pay reparations to France, Great Britian, and the United States for all of the harm that had taken place. Also Germany had to administer some of their coal from the Saar region for 15 years to the allies. The Treaty of Verasailles basically blamed the whole war on germany and in return germany was very upset by this. Thats why so many historians believe that the ending of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles did cause WWII. For the ending of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles were both the main reasons why WWII started.

__The Rise of Hitler and Nazis in post-war Germany__
__﻿__ Hitler was not given the Nazis party, it took him to do a lot of work before he was in complete control of the party and the country.Two years after the Treaty of Versailles Hitler became the Nazis party leader with the help of his army staff officer. However when he became the leader he was very loud on the streets talking about German enemies and jews so much that he had got arrested for a sentence of 5 years but was only in prison for 9 months. Therefore after prison he was determined to make his party strong and he succeded. The one thing that helped him the most in making his party bigger and stronger was the great depression. For it helped him increase the seats of the Nazi party from 12 - 107 people. Soon after making his party bigger he ran for president but lost narrowly. As a result he gained more people for his Nazi party which made the Nazis party the second largest in germany. Before the war hitler had to do a lot of hard work but everything paied off when he became chancellor of germany a year later.Now Hitler was in power and everyone should of been afraid of him even his own country.

__How Hitler becomes Chancellor and then dictator__
January 30th, 1933 Hitler became the chancellor of germany when hitler became chancellor he knew that he wanted to become something bigger and so he worked towards becoming a dictator. When a fire destoyed Reichstag on Feburary 27, 1933 Hitler found that he could destroy the Communists Party and imprison its leaders too. Now the Nazis party was the largests party in Germany. Soon after on March 30, 1993 Hitler passed the Enabling Act which gave him dictorial powers. During his beginnings of dictatorship he took rights from the jews and shot officers that he thought would get in his way of absolute domination. On August 23, 1934 Hiddenburg died which meant Hitler now took the place as Fuhrer or supreme leader of the Third Reich. One of the first things Hitler did as a Fuhrer was he replaced the SA "brown shirts" with the SS. Together with the Gestapo they created concentration camps for the jews. Now Hitler was in a position with a lot of power so with a lot of power came a lot of responsibility for a new leader.

__Additional Points__
1 Hitler Rallies: When Hitler had rallies there were millions of people there, allways in Hitler's rallies he explained the beliefs and ideas of the Nazi party. Also how to treat someone if they didnt beileve in what the Nazi party was all about. Lastly when HItler spoke in front of millions of people he was very charismatic and passionate about what he was saying which made everyone believe him. 2 Anti-Semitism: Anti-Semitism was the hatred of jewish people in WWII and it moved into the fringes of american society too. Also Hitler was a big part of promoting anti-semitism in germany. 3 The Gestapo: The gestapo was made by Hitler for discivering jews and taking them to concentration camps. Mostly all of the jews were scared of the gestapo because some men that worked for the gestapo would torture the jews before they took them o the concentration camps. 4 Josef Goebbels: Josef Goebells was a master propagandist minister that was a supporter of the Nazi party. He had programs of economic recovery which was in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles. 5 Blitzkieg: Blitzkrieg or known as the lightning war was a rapid attack of mechanized infantry and tank divsions covered by close air support. The blitzkrieg tactics were developed by the german military and it was first used on september 1, 1939.

__Primary__
United States and Germany. "U.S.-German Peace Treaty." From //Treaties and Other Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949.// Compiled by Charles I. Bevans. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1968-76. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. [|http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?].

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"That in making this declaration, and as a part of it, there are expressly reserved to the United States of America and its nationals any and all rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations, or advantages, together with the right to enforce the same, to which it or they have become entitled under the terms of the armistice signed November 11, 1918, or any extensions or modifications thereof; or which were acquired by or are in the possession of the United States of America by reason of its participation in the war or to which its nationals have thereby become rightfully entitled; or which, under the treaty of Versailles, have been stipulated for its or their benefit; or to which it is entitled as one of the principal allied and associated powers; or to which it is entitled by virtue of any Act or Acts of Congress; or otherwise."====== - In this document they are talking about how the US and Germans had an agreement before World War II. Also in this document they are talking about the terms from the Treaty of Versailles that apply for the germans to give something to the US.

Various "Treaty of Versailles." //Treaties Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements, 1910-23,// Vol. III, p. 3331. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. []?

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"The original Members of the League of Nations shall be those of the Signatories which are named in the Annex to this Covenant and also such of those other States named in the Annex as shall accede without reservation to this Covenant. Such accession shall be effected by a Declaration deposited with the Secretariat within two months of the coming into force of the Covenant. Notice thereof shall be sent to all other Members of the League."====== - In this document they are talking about which states owe things like reparations to the allied powers. Also they are talking about how there should be peace from now on and no more wars.

__Secondary__
"Adolf Hitler Speaks at a Nazi Rally." //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. []?

Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips. "Hitler, Adolf." //Dictators and Tyrants: Absolute Rulers and Would-Be Rulers in World History.// New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. []

Curry, George Michael. "blitzkrieg." In Jeffries, John W., and Gary B. Nash, eds. //Encyclopedia of American History: The Great Depression and World War II, 1929 to 1945//, Revised Edition (Volume VIII). New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2010. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. []?

Phillips, Charles, and Alan Axelrod. "causes of World War II." //Encyclopedia of Wars//. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. [|http://www.fof[[http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp|web.com/activelink2.asp]]]?

Schneider, Carl J., and Dorothy Schneider. "Mayer, Frederick." //World War II//, An Eyewitness History. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2003. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. []?

Queen II, Edward L. "anti-Semitism." In Queen, Edward L., II, Stephen R. Prothero, and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr., eds. //Encyclopedia of American Religious History//, Third Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. []?