Hitler benefited from a unique set of circumstances, which provided opportunities for him to advance his leadership and power aspirations. It took, however, an extraordinary politician to achieve the level of political success he experienced in being appointed chancellor of Germany with only minority support from the ballot box. Through clever positioning, dogged determination, intimidation and masterful salesmanship Hitler maneuvered continuously until he gained and sustained power. His early political actions along with his introductory years as chancellor showed promise of achieving great things for Germany, but ultimately his delusional vision in which his ideology was based misguided his actions and the world witnessed a monster.
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His ideology was further refined by his post war activities and his abhorrence of the Treaty of Versailles, in particular the ‘Guilt Clause’. The ‘Guilt Clause’ was an attempt by the Allie treaty negotiators to have Germany take moral responsibility for the cost of the war whilst setting a reparation payment amount, which would not destroy Germany completely. Contemporaneously, exhausted economically and spiritually by post war events, including the instability of the Weimer Republic, the financial and moral terms of the Treaty of Versailles, and the impact of the World Economic Crisis with associated hyperinflation and unemployment, the German people had developed an appetite for a more prosperous future. , The convergence of these conditions provided the platform for Hitler’s to rise to power.
When Hitler returned from the Great War, he joined The German Workers’ Party, made up of unemployed ex-soldiers with far-right views. His highly developed and emotive orating skills helped instill him as leader in 1920. As leader, Hitler promoted anti-Semitic ideas, fear of communism, a ‘pure’ nation, national pride and the expansion of the military. Hitler, with sights set on expanding his influence renamed the party the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, known as the Nazi Party. At this time the Nazi Party, geographically confined to the Bavarian area, was not considered a threat to national
His ideology was further refined by his post war activities and his abhorrence of the Treaty of Versailles, in particular the ‘Guilt Clause’. The ‘Guilt Clause’ was an attempt by the Allie treaty negotiators to have Germany take moral responsibility for the cost of the war whilst setting a reparation payment amount, which would not destroy Germany completely. Contemporaneously, exhausted economically and spiritually by post war events, including the instability of the Weimer Republic, the financial and moral terms of the Treaty of Versailles, and the impact of the World Economic Crisis with associated hyperinflation and unemployment, the German people had developed an appetite for a more prosperous future. , The convergence of these conditions provided the platform for Hitler’s to rise to power.
When Hitler returned from the Great War, he joined The German Workers’ Party, made up of unemployed ex-soldiers with far-right views. His highly developed and emotive orating skills helped instill him as leader in 1920. As leader, Hitler promoted anti-Semitic ideas, fear of communism, a ‘pure’ nation, national pride and the expansion of the military. Hitler, with sights set on expanding his influence renamed the party the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, known as the Nazi Party. At this time the Nazi Party, geographically confined to the Bavarian area, was not considered a threat to national