Comparison Between Hitler And Hitler

When we think of controversial leaders, Adolf Hitler is the first name to pop up in people’s minds. Although most of those people don’t realize it, Hitler got most of his military techniques and ideas from another man in history. Napoleon Bonaparte was the mastermind behind all of the military tactics that have been used for generations before Hitler, and they are still used today. There are plenty of differences in the two leaders and the way that they lead, but most of the similarities are too obvious to pass up. Bonaparte and Hitler were two leaders of different countries, with different political views, who tried to conquer Europe, but were defeated by their enemies in an almost identical way. Two men born in different centuries, in …show more content…
Bonaparte’s goal was to take full control of all the countries in Europe. Although ruthless in the way of war and many lives were lost, Bonaparte did not make it his main goal to wipe out an entire human race. Although he was racist against other nationalities, Bonaparte would go on to free the Jewish people from slavery. Hitler was on a different path politically, the further he climbed the more extreme and racist he became. Hitler’s main goal in the war was to accomplish a complete extermination of the Jewish race. Unlike his hero, Millions of lives would be lost in Hitler’s attempt to wipe the race from Germany and the rest of Europe. Where the Bonaparte and Hitler compare in a war was their yearning for complete domination of European countries. Bonaparte would start a path of destruction by waging wars on neighboring countries, working his way from one side of Europe to the other, gaining small armies along the way. Hitler, who studied Bonaparte’s military techniques early in his army career, would repeat the same tactics during his reign. Setting up a boundary around Germany, just like Bonaparte, Hitler would continue until he could take as many countries as possible before his end of leadership. Both men would leave a path of destruction that would go on to make history books, and be remembered and talked about even until this …show more content…
Despite the fact that Bonaparte and Hitler were both defeated by allied armies, they would go on to have very different outcomes in the end. Losing important battles due to critical mistakes, Bonaparte lost more than half his army in the war. With his numbers lessened, enemies of his army would take control of his reign, forcing him to lose his title as Emperor of France. Hitler, using almost identical military and leadership tactics in war, would be in denial about making some of the same mistakes Bonaparte did. This denial caused Hitler and his followers to lose critical battles. Hitler’s walkway to power would end in the same fashion as the man he based his war actions of off. Bonaparte and Hitler were both defeated by armies they called their enemies, however, their fatal ends would be completely different. Before being caught by counter-revolutionary forces, Bonaparte fled France in an attempt to escape punishment. Not taking long for him to get caught, Bonaparte was sentenced to a fate much worse than death. Bonaparte was exiled to a remote island to spend out the rest of his days alone. Hitler would not try to have the same bravery as Bonaparte by running away from allied armies. As his enemies were closing in, Hitler and his wife would kill himself before being caught. Even with using the same tactics, both men found themselves in very different endings after losing their