WhywasittherightenvironmentforHitlertorisetopower?

WhywasittherightenvironmentforHitlertorisetopower?

KrishShankar

STEMHighandAcademy

WhywasittherightenvironmentforHitlertorisetopower?

AdolfHitler,aleaderandadictatorthatwaseffective,yetbrutal.AdolfHitler
washighlyintellectualmakinghimquitepreparedforaleadershiprole.Hitlerwasagood
oratorwhichmadepeoplefeelprotectedbyhimandfeltthattheistherightmantobea
leader.Hitlerwasavisualistwhichmeantthathehadagoalinmindandwantedto
accomplishit.Thisdictatorwasagreatstrategistwhichallowedhimtopassanyobstacle
thatcomeshisway.DictatorshiphasbeenperfectedbyAdolfHitlerandhisskillsledto
veryunfortunateevents.ItwastheactionsofothersthathadbroughtHitlertosuccess.If
hewasinvolvedinanyotherenvironmenthewouldnothaveledtopower.AdolfHitler
hadarisetopowerbasedoffofothersresentment,unemployment,andeconomicruin.

Tobegin,theTreatyofVersailleshadsparkedresentmentamongtheGerman
population,andhadalsobeenareasonforHitlersrisetopower.Theresentmentfrom
GermanyhadbeenabigcauseofWWII."Germanysoughtrevisions,theUSsenatethe
VersaillesandvetoedUSmembershipoftheLeagueofNations(2013).Therewasa
sectioninthetreatythatreducedarmedforces.TheGermanmilitaryforcesshallbe
demobilisedandreducedasprescribedhereinafter(Robert,2009).Anothersectionof
theTreatyofVersaillesputseconomicalrestraintsonGermany.Clearly,resentmentwas
notalightissueinWWII,asamatteroffact,thatwasoneoftheprimarycausesforit!

WhywasittherightenvironmentforHitlertorisetopower?

Additionally,astheeconomytookadownfall,theunemploymentratesincreasedbya
substantialamount.Thegermaneconomysufferedfrominflationwhichmeantthattherewasa
shortageingoodsandthevalueofmoneywasdropping(2015).Unemployment,sopivotalin
bringinghimtopower,haddroppedfrom6milliontolessthan1millionbetween1933and
1937(2011).GermanunemploymentrateswereworsethantheUnitedStates.German
industrialunemploymentwasevenworsethanintheUnitedStates(2011).Hitlerwouldnot
havecometopowerifitwasnotforthewallstreetcrash.Haditnotbeenfortheeconomic
collapsethatbeganwiththeWallStreetstockmarketcrashofOctober1929,Hitlerprobably
wouldnothavecometopower(2011).Hitlersrisetopowerwasgreatdepressionrelated
meaningthatitisaprimarycauseforWWII.

Incompletion,ithasbeenmentionedbefore,economicrateswereatanalltime
lowduringWWII,ithadbeensuckedoutbythetreaty.Germanshadattemptedto
implementnewprojectsthatwouldincreasetheeconomy,yettheyfailed.Germany
begancreatingtransportationprojects,modernizationofpowerplantsandgasworks
(2003).OnceGermanywasatitslowestpointintheeconomy,Hitlertookaction.With
Germanyatitsweakestandmostvulnerablepoint,Hitlertooktheopportunitytobegin
hisascenttopower(2003).Hitlerhadoutlinedandinitializedaplanthatwas
supposedlygoingtoendunemploymentacrossthecountry.Hitleroutlinedaplanwhere
infouryearshewouldcompletelyeliminateunemploymentthroughoutGermany

WhywasittherightenvironmentforHitlertorisetopower?

(2003).TheeconomyplummetedandtheonlymantheretofixitwasHitler,hehad
generatedplansinordertofixitandmost,ifnotallofthem,hadsucceeded.

Hitlerhadbeenintheperfectenvironmenttorisetopowerandaccomplishhis
goal.ItwasHitlersonlyhopeandprideforhiscountrythatallowedhimtorisetogain
power.Itallowed
him
todothingsthatwereneverthoughtpossible.IfGermanyhad
neverbeenintheconditionsitwasoncethenHitlerneverwouldhavewentthroughwith
theactionsthathedid.Clearly,resentmentwasnotalightissueinWWII,asamatterof
fact,thatwasoneoftheprimarycausesforit!Theeconomyplummetedandtheonly
mantheretofixitwasHitler,hehadgeneratedplansinordertofixitandmostofthem
hadsucceeded.Hitlersrisetopowerwasgreatdepressionrelatedmeaningthatitisa
primarycauseforWWII.Hitlerwasavisualistwhichmeantthathehadagoalinmind
andwantedtoaccomplishit.Thisdictatorwasagreatstrategistwhichallowedhimto
passanyobstaclethatcomeshisway.WhatHitleraccomplishedinhistimebeingwashis
environmentandattitudetowardshiscountry.AdolfHitlerhadarisetopowerbasedoff
ofresentment,unemployment,andeconomicruin.

WhywasittherightenvironmentforHitlertorisetopower?

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