Hitler in world war 2

Adolf Hitler, German politician, leader of the Nazi Party, and by near-universal accounts the most monstrous and terrifying leader in the twentieth century, led his nation into a disastrous war and triggered the extermination of millions of his own citizens due to his anti-Semitic ideology. Click here to see more articles in this category.

The town was close to the Austro-German border and his father, Alois, worked as a border control clerk. His mother, Klara, was a housekeeper. He attended school from the age of six years but did not do well in academic subjects. His school record showed reasonable grades for PE and some artistic talent. Adolf Hitler left school at the age of sixteen and went to Vienna where he hoped to enter the Academy and become a painter.

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His application to enter the academy was rejected when he was 17 years old and a year later his mother died from cancer. His father had died four years earlier and with no relatives willing to support him, Adolf Hitler found himself living rough on the streets of Vienna. He became interested in politics and was heavily influenced by the climate of anti-Semitism that existed in Austria at that time.

He fought on the Western Front and was awarded the Iron Cross for his bravery in battle. In he was temporarily blinded from a gas attack and was invalided out of the war. Hitler was dismayed when Germany lost the war and hated the Versailles Treaty and the Weimar government for signing the treaty. He dreamed of a return to the days of the Kaiser.

After the war he stayed in the army, but in intelligence. He liked the ideas of the party and joined in