In the midst of world-wide depression and backlash of WWI , the German economy was at an all-time low, with records of unemployment reaching 30%. The value of money was decreasing due to inflation while the price of food soared to unimaginable numbers , families lost their homes, and a countless number of people died to hunger. Wherever you look it would seem that the world would never get better, but in every situation people look for hope, peace, and a strong threshold to hold onto. The German people found their place of protection in the hands of a surreal and godlike leader: Adolf Hitler. During times of struggle the country looked to Hitler to save them from the distress that they could not control. These times of hardship were no match
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Hitler expressed his thoughts on Germany being the greatest it could in his auto-biography Mein Kampf. Stating that “Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all,” Hitler put all his effort into creating his picture perfect country. Hitler constantly reminded the German people to think of the fatherland because it was what gave them strength through times of struggle. Proclaiming “at every hour, in each day, to think of Germany,” Hitler wanted the German people to do every action towards the benefit of the country. In conjunction with the belief to be strong as possible, Hitler helped install a powerhouse military called the Wehrmacht in 1935 and re-armed Germany after the backlash of the Treaty of Versailles. Adding 500,000 extra troops in the first year, the Wehrmacht was made up of an army, navy, and air force to bombard the enemy before they would know what was happening. This new style of attack was a big step up from WWI because it helped Germany go on the attack rather than stay on defense and go into stalemate as it did with trench warfare in WWI. Shortly after it was created, the Wehrmacht took over Poland in a mere two months and captured France shortly after, expanding territory and showing the true greatness of
Hitler expressed his thoughts on Germany being the greatest it could in his auto-biography Mein Kampf. Stating that “Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all,” Hitler put all his effort into creating his picture perfect country. Hitler constantly reminded the German people to think of the fatherland because it was what gave them strength through times of struggle. Proclaiming “at every hour, in each day, to think of Germany,” Hitler wanted the German people to do every action towards the benefit of the country. In conjunction with the belief to be strong as possible, Hitler helped install a powerhouse military called the Wehrmacht in 1935 and re-armed Germany after the backlash of the Treaty of Versailles. Adding 500,000 extra troops in the first year, the Wehrmacht was made up of an army, navy, and air force to bombard the enemy before they would know what was happening. This new style of attack was a big step up from WWI because it helped Germany go on the attack rather than stay on defense and go into stalemate as it did with trench warfare in WWI. Shortly after it was created, the Wehrmacht took over Poland in a mere two months and captured France shortly after, expanding territory and showing the true greatness of